diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index bf20a48278..74218b5d2c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -717,8 +717,9 @@
         <title><filename>meta/recipes-support/</filename></title>
 
         <para>
-            This directory contains recipes that used by other recipes, but that are not directly
-            included in images (i.e. dependencies of other recipes).
+            This directory contains recipes used by other recipes, but that are
+            not directly included in images (i.e. dependencies of other
+            recipes).
         </para>
     </section>