diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 29f5743a6f..7ba9a9770f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -3189,10 +3189,10 @@
     <title><filename>staging.bbclass</filename></title>
 
     <para>
-        The <filename>staging</filename> class provides support for staging
-        files into the sysroot during the
+        The <filename>staging</filename> class provides the
         <link linkend='ref-tasks-populate_sysroot'><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></link>
-        task.
+        task, which stages files into the sysroot to make them available to
+        other recipes at build time.
         The class is enabled by default because it is inherited by the
         <link linkend='ref-classes-base'><filename>base</filename></link>
         class.