diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 57c6c1b76b..00d97626ca 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@
     <title><filename>image-prelink.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The image prelink (<filename>image-prelink</filename>) class
+        The <filename>image-prelink</filename> class
         enables the use of the <filename>prelink</filename> utility during
         the <filename>do_rootfs</filename> task, which optimizes the dynamic
         linking of shared libraries to reduce executable startup time.