diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.xml
index 7b4459c95b..ec75893e15 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-execution.xml
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
             itself.
             The simplest parameter to pass is "none", which causes a
             set of signature information to be written out into
-            <filename>STAMP_DIR</filename>
+            <filename>STAMPS_DIR</filename>
             corresponding to the targets specified.
             The other currently available parameter is "printdiff",
             which causes BitBake to try to establish the closest