diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index af1ed8408b..4e003cdba4 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -6766,13 +6766,12 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-kernel'>kernel</link> class
                     as follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME ?= "${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-${PKGE}-${PKGV}-${PKGR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
+     KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME ?= "${PKGE}-${PKGV}-${PKGR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
                     See the
-                    <link linkend='var-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE'><filename>KERNEL_IMAGETYPE</filename></link>,
                     <link linkend='var-PKGE'><filename>PKGE</filename></link>,
                     <link linkend='var-PKGV'><filename>PKGV</filename></link>,
                     <link linkend='var-PKGR'><filename>PKGR</filename></link>,