diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 736dde2d57..3f07f54973 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@
         <glossentry id='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL'><glossterm>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_BL</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Identifies user packages that you do not want the
+                    Identifies user recipes that you do not want the
                     Icecream distributed compile support to consider.
                     This variable is used by the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-icecc'><filename>icecc</filename></link>
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@
         <glossentry id='var-ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL'><glossterm>ICECC_USER_PACKAGE_WL</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Identifies user packages that use an empty
+                    Identifies user recipes that use an empty
                     <link linkend='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><filename>PARALLEL_MAKE</filename></link>
                     variable that you want to force remote distributed
                     compilation on using the Icecream distributed compile