diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 17203fe68e..696b176d37 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2011,11 +2011,12 @@
          install my-extra-file ${D}${sysconfdir}
      }
                     </literallayout>
-                    Here is an example where "python-native" is added to
-                    <link linkend='var-DEPENDS'><filename>DEPENDS</filename></link>,
-                    but only when building for the build host:
+                    Here is an example where <filename>FOO</filename>
+                    is set to "native" when building for the build host, and
+                    to "other" when not building for the build host:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     DEPENDS_append_class-native = " python-native"
+     FOO_class-native = "native"
+     FOO = "other"
                     </literallayout>
                     The underlying mechanism behind
                     <filename>CLASSOVERRIDE</filename> is simply that it is