diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index e2fd6734d0..15043c4ea7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -423,7 +423,9 @@
         <para>
             Copies a subset of the files installed by the
             <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
-            task into the sysroot to make them available to other recipes.
+            task into the sysroot directory
+            <filename>${STAGING_DIR_HOST}</filename> to make
+            them available to other recipes.
             Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build
             time are skipped.
             Skipped files include files installed into