diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0d62e67809..7219fe6d2f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4684,9 +4684,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para>
                     You can use this variable anywhere that it can be
                     recognized by the kernel recipe or out-of-tree kernel
-                    module recipe (e.g. machine configuration file, distribution
-                    configuration file, or an append file for an out-of-tree
-                    kernel module).
+                    module recipe (e.g. a machine configuration file, a
+                    distribution configuration file, an append file for the
+                    recipe, or the recipe itself).
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -4730,9 +4730,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para>
                     You can use this variable anywhere that it can be
                     recognized by the kernel recipe or out-of-tree kernel
-                    module recipe (e.g. machine configuration file, distribution
-                    configuration file, or an append file for an out-of-tree
-                    kernel module).
+                    module recipe (e.g. a machine configuration file, a
+                    distribution configuration file, an append file for the
+                    recipe, or the recipe itself).
                 </para>
 
                 <para>