diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.xml
index f2209686f0..9a68da000a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         From within the <filename>poky</filename> Git repository, you can use
         the following command to display the list of directories within the
         <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
-        that containe image recipe files:
+        that contain image recipe files:
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ ls meta*/recipes*/images/*.bb
         </literallayout>