diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index c6d0bcb6ec..b40c2667ea 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -12089,7 +12089,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The manifest file for the host part of the SDK.
                     This file lists all the installed packages that make up
-                    the host part of SDK.
+                    the host part of the SDK.
                     The file contains package information on a line-per-package
                     basis as follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>