diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 08d4a7cc13..7d8e73293e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
                 <para>
                     Allows you to extend a recipe so that it builds variants of the software.
                     Common variants for recipes exist such as "natives" like <filename>quilt-native</filename>,
-                    which is a copy of quilt built to run on the build system;
+                    which is a copy of Quilt built to run on the build system;
                     "crosses" such as <filename>gcc-cross</filename>,
                     which is a compiler built to run on the build machine but produces binaries
                     that run on the target <link linkend='var-MACHINE'><filename>MACHINE</filename></link>;