diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index ef165b05e1..86bafbb4f8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -11988,11 +11988,11 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The directory set up and used by the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-populate-sdk'><filename>populate_sdk_base</filename></link>
-                    to which the SDK is deployed.
+                    class to which the SDK is deployed.
                     The <filename>populate_sdk_base</filename> class defines
                     <filename>SDK_DEPLOY</filename> as follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     SDK_DEPLOY = "${<link linkend='var-TMPDIR'>TMPDIR</link>}/deploy/sdk"
+     SDK_DEPLOY = "${TMPDIR}/deploy/sdk"
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>