diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index d544a3d2f6..ef165b05e1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -11752,9 +11752,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     In the example, the package name
                     (<filename>${<link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link>}-dev</filename>)
                     must appear as it would in the
-                    <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename>
-                    namespace before any renaming of the output package by
-                    classes such as <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>.
+                    <filename>PACKAGES</filename> namespace before any renaming
+                    of the output package by classes such as
+                    <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>