diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 94052a66d3..a83dd54d6b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -7433,13 +7433,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       section.
 
    :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT`
-      This variable points to the directory that holds all files populated from
+      This variable points to the directory populated with all files provided by
       recipes specified in :term:`DEPENDS`. As the name indicates,
-      think of this variable as a custom root (``/``) for the recipe that will be
+      think of this variable as a custom root (``/``) for the recipe, that will be
       used by the compiler in order to find headers and other files needed to complete
       its job.
 
-      This variable is related to :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` or :term:`STAGING_DIR_TARGET`
+      This variable is used to define :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` or :term:`STAGING_DIR_TARGET`
       according to the type of the recipe and the build target.
 
       To better understand this variable, consider the following examples:
@@ -7453,11 +7453,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Do not modify it.
 
    :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE`
-      This is similar to :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT` but the populated files are from
-      ``-native`` recipes. This allows a recipe built for the target machine to
-      use ``native`` tools.
+      This is similar to :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT` but files in it are provided by
+      native recipes. This allows a recipe built for the target machine to
+      use native tools.
 
-      This variable is related to :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`.
+      This variable is used to define :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`.
 
       The default value is ``"${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot-native"``.
       Do not modify it.