diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index f5dbf5198c..64c094c399 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -734,8 +734,7 @@
             built within the Yocto Project.
             For this package, a work directory of
             <filename>tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.0+git1+&lt;.....&gt;</filename>,
-            referred to as the
-            <filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>, is created.
+            referred to as the <filename>WORKDIR</filename>, is created.
             Within this directory, the source is unpacked to
             <filename>linux-qemux86-standard-build</filename> and then patched by Quilt.
             (See the