diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 7d8e73293e..39c32426ce 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -362,11 +362,11 @@
                     Consequently, matching files are not parsed or otherwise
                     used by BitBake.</para>
                 <para>
-                    The value you provide is passed to python's regular
+                    The value you provide is passed to Python's regular
                     expression compiler.
                     The expression is compared against the full paths to
                     the files.
-                    For complete syntax information, see python's
+                    For complete syntax information, see Python's
                     documentation at
                     <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>.
                 </para>