diff --git a/handbook/extendpoky.xml b/handbook/extendpoky.xml
index 18a7b66647..d6f183acc6 100644
--- a/handbook/extendpoky.xml
+++ b/handbook/extendpoky.xml
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ bitbake poky-image-sato
             suitable defconfig file in a location similar to that used by other 
             machine's defconfig files in a given kernel, possibly listing it in
             the SRC_URI and adding the machine to the expression in <glossterm>
-            <link linkend='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINES'>COMPATIBLE_MACHINES</link>
+            <link linkend='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</link>
             </glossterm>.
         </para>
     </section>
diff --git a/handbook/ref-variables.xml b/handbook/ref-variables.xml
index 437e8240f6..a3590e1072 100644
--- a/handbook/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/handbook/ref-variables.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
-        <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINES'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINES</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINE'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINE</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>A regular expression which evalutates to match the machines the recipe 
                 works with. It stops recipes being run on machines they're incompatible with