diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index b0c4bfeaa4..42c0fb3b68 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@
         <title><filename>build/tmp/work/<replaceable>tunearch</replaceable>/<replaceable>recipename</replaceable>/<replaceable>version</replaceable>/</filename></title>
 
         <para>
-            The recipe work directory (<replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>).
+            The recipe work directory - <filename>${WORKDIR}</filename>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
             work directory:
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/temp</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/temp</filename>:
                     Contains the log files of each task executed for this
                     recipe, the "run" files for each executed task, which
                     contain the code run, and a
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
                     order in which tasks were executed.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/image</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/image</filename>:
                     Contains the output of the
                     <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
                     task, which corresponds to the
@@ -950,24 +950,24 @@
                     variable in that task.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/pseudo</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/pseudo</filename>:
                     Contains the pseudo database and log for any tasks executed
                     under pseudo for the recipe.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/sysroot-destdir</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/sysroot-destdir</filename>:
                     Contains the output of the
                     <link linkend='ref-tasks-populate_sysroot'><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></link>
                     task.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/package</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/package</filename>:
                     Contains the output of the
                     <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link>
                     task before the output is split into individual packages.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/packages-split</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/packages-split</filename>:
                     Contains the output of the <filename>do_package</filename>
                     task after the output has been split into individual
                     packages.
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
                     by the recipe.
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/recipe-sysroot</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot</filename>:
                     A directory populated with the target dependencies of the
                     recipe.
                     This directory looks like the target filesystem and
@@ -983,14 +983,14 @@
                     against (e.g. the C library).
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/recipe-sysroot-native</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot-native</filename>:
                     A directory populated with the native dependencies of the
                     recipe.
                     This directory contains the tools the recipe needs to build
                     (e.g. the compiler, Autoconf, libtool, and so forth).
                    </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    <filename><replaceable>recipe_work_directory</replaceable>/build</filename>:
+                    <filename>${WORKDIR}/build</filename>:
                     This subdirectory applies only to recipes that support
                     builds where the source is separate from the
                     build artifacts.