diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index bf052c401d..572740eaef 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@
             Copies a subset of the files installed by the
             <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
             task into the sysroot directory
-            <filename>${STAGING_DIR_HOST}</filename> to make
-            them available to other recipes.
+            <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
+            to make them available to other recipes.
             Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build
             time are skipped.
             Skipped files include files installed into