diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
index 0699ccd30f..c223bbb0ce 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@
                 Best practices dictate that you isolate these types of
                 configurations into their own layer.
                 Settings you provide in
-                <filename>conf/&lt;distro&gt;.conf</filename> override similar
+                <filename>conf/distro/&lt;distro&gt;.conf</filename> override
+                similar
                 settings that BitBake finds in your
                 <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file in the Build
                 Directory.