diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index 5fac2b2b40..ecc2ea3653 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -168,16 +168,16 @@
 
         <para>
             You can find the log for a task in the file
-            <filename>${WORKDIR}/temp/log.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>.
+            <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link><filename>}/temp/log.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable>.
             For example, the log for the
             <link linkend='ref-tasks-compile'><filename>do_compile</filename></link>
             task of the QEMU minimal image for the x86 machine
             (<filename>qemux86</filename>) might be in
-            <filename>tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_compile.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>.
+            <filename>tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/core-image-minimal/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_compile</filename>.
             To see the commands
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink> ran
             to generate a log, look at the corresponding
-            <filename>run.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable><filename>.</filename><replaceable>pid</replaceable>
+            <filename>run.do_</filename><replaceable>taskname</replaceable>
             file in the same directory.
         </para>