diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 86bafbb4f8..01595e9748 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -12011,7 +12011,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-populate-sdk-*'><filename>populate_sdk_base</filename></link>
                     class defines the variable as follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     SDK_DIR = "${<link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link>}/sdk"
+     SDK_DIR = "${WORKDIR}/sdk"
                     </literallayout>
                     <note>
                         The <filename>SDK_DIR</filename> directory is a