diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 02b949dc99..3a6fbed659 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@
                     Yocto Project Files</ulink> top-level directory named <filename>poky</filename> 
                     and a default 
                     <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-build-directory'>
-                    Yocto Project Build Birectory</ulink> of <filename>poky/build</filename>.
+                    Yocto Project Build Directory</ulink> of <filename>poky/build</filename>.
                     In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build 
                     the <filename>v86d</filename> package is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>