diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index c551ff0f90..875f136b99 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@
             <link linkend='ref-classes-deploy'><filename>deploy</filename></link>
             class and should write the output to
             <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-DEPLOYDIR'><filename>DEPLOYDIR</filename></link><filename>}</filename>,
-            which is not to be confused with
-            <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-DEPLOY_DIR'><filename>DEPLOY_DIR</filename></link><filename>}</filename>.
+            which is not to be confused with <filename>${DEPLOY_DIR}</filename>.
             The <filename>deploy</filename> class sets up
             <filename>do_deploy</filename> as a shared state (sstate) task that
             can be accelerated through sstate use.