diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 9abfdced0d..7d2a6a8b07 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2821,7 +2821,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 
         <glossentry id='var-RREPLACES'><glossterm>RREPLACES</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
-                <para>The list of packages that are replaced with this package.</para>
+                <para>The list of packages replaced by the package in which
+                    <filename>RREPLACES</filename> appears.</para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>