diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index fff28ffed6..a534ae3060 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -7721,8 +7721,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                     Specifies the path to the <filename>/lib</filename>
-                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for which the target
-                    is being built
+                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target
+                    for which the current recipe is being built
                     (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -7733,7 +7733,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para>
                     Specifies the path to the
                     <filename>/usr/bin</filename> subdirectory of the
-                    sysroot directory for which the target is being built
+                    sysroot directory for the target for which the current
+                    recipe is being built
                     (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -7775,8 +7776,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                      Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/share</filename>
-                     subdirectory of the sysroot directory for which the
-                     target is being built
+                     subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target
+                     for which the current recipe is being built
                      (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -7791,7 +7792,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <note>
                         Recipes should never write files directly under
                         this directory because the OpenEmbedded build system
-                        the directory automatically.
+                        manages the directory automatically.
                         Instead, files should be installed to
                         <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-D'><filename>D</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
                         within your recipe's
@@ -7850,8 +7851,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-STAGING_DIR_TARGET'><glossterm>STAGING_DIR_TARGET</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for which
-                    the target is being built.
+                    Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the
+                    target for which the current recipe is being built.
                     In most cases, this path is the
                     <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>.
                 </para>
@@ -7885,8 +7886,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                     Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr</filename>
-                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for which the
-                    target is being built
+                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target
+                    for which the current recipe is being built
                     (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -7897,7 +7898,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para>
                     Specifies the path to the
                     <filename>/usr/include</filename> subdirectory of the
-                    sysroot directory for which the target is being built
+                    sysroot directory for the target for which the current
+                    recipe being built
                     (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -7916,8 +7918,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                     Specifies the path to the <filename>/usr/lib</filename>
-                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for which the target
-                    is being built
+                    subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the target for
+                    which the current recipe is being built
                     (<link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>).
                 </para>
             </glossdef>