diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index e7146f41d4..8b80b69577 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
             However, the kernel (<filename>*zImage*</filename>, <filename>*uImage*</filename>, etc.),
             bootloader and other supplementary files might be deployed here prior to building an
             image.
-            Because these files, however, are not directly produced from the image, if you
+            Because these files are not directly produced from the image, if you
             delete them they will not be automatically re-created when you build the image again.
         </para>