diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index a96ccfd652..868a0da5d4 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@
                 in the recipe after all other inherit statements so that the
                 <filename>native</filename> class is inherited last.
                 </para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para>Create or modify a target recipe that has adds
+            <listitem><para>Create or modify a target recipe that contains
                 the following:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      <link linkend='var-BBCLASSEXTEND'><filename>BBCLASSEXTEND</filename></link> = "native"