diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index edc3aa6523..1989bd6206 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -7794,7 +7794,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
       :term:`SSTATE_EXCLUDEDEPS_SYSROOT` is evaluated as two regular
       expressions of recipe and dependency to ignore. An example
-      is the rule in :oe_git:`meta/conf/layer.conf </meta/conf/layer.conf>`::
+      is the rule in :oe_git:`meta/conf/layer.conf </openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/layer.conf>`::
 
          # Nothing needs to depend on libc-initial
          # base-passwd/shadow-sysroot don't need their dependencies