diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 54cd4336eb..e0e8e7f06e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -468,10 +468,11 @@ can be found then it should be implemented.  I can't find one at the moment.
 
                 <para>
                     Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is to
-                    add "-fPIC" to the compiler command-line options.
+                    add "-fPIC" or "-fpic" to the compiler command-line
+                    options.
                     For example, given software that reads
                     <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'><filename>CFLAGS</filename></link>
-                    when you build it, you can add the following to your
+                    when you build it, you could add the following to your
                     recipe:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC "