diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 7eaeb7fa04..2747766a9e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -467,11 +467,12 @@ can be found then it should be implemented.  I can't find one at the moment.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is
-                    to add "-fPIC" to the compiler command-line options.
+                    Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is to
+                    add "-fPIC" or "-fpic" to the compiler command-line
+                    options.
                     For example, given software that reads
                     <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'><filename>CFLAGS</filename></link>
-                    when you build it, you can add the following to your
+                    when you build it, you could add the following to your
                     recipe:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC "