diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0346092c98..5271dcf8f6 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5773,16 +5773,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     is the
                     <filename>meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_3.14.bb</filename>
                     file.
-                    Following is the default value for <filename>KBRANCH</filename>
-                    and the default override for the architectures the Yocto
-                    Project supports:
+                    Following is an example for a kernel recipe file:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     KBRANCH_DEFAULT = "standard/base"
-     KBRANCH = "${KBRANCH_DEFAULT}"
+     KBRANCH ?= "standard/base"
                     </literallayout>
-                    This branch exists in the <filename>linux-yocto-3.14</filename>
-                    kernel Git repository
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi/linux-yocto-3.14/refs/heads'></ulink>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>