diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index df1631df83..2ded2ef0d6 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -8431,7 +8431,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     The set of overrides in <filename>OVERRIDES</filename>
                     represents the "state" during building, which includes
                     the current recipe being built, the machine for which
-                    is being built, and so forth.
+                    it is being built, and so forth.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>