diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml
index 72e2ad926b..df1bda1b39 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                 </note>
                 </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para id='hardware-build-system-term'>
-                <emphasis>Build System:</emphasis>
+                <emphasis>Build Host:</emphasis>
                 The system used to build images in a Yocto Project
                 Development environment.
                 The build system is sometimes referred to as the
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
                 A working example of a system, which includes a
                 <link linkend='board-support-package-bsp-term'>BSP</link>
                 as well as a
-                <link linkend='hardware-build-system-term'>build system</link>
+                <link linkend='hardware-build-system-term'>build host</link>
                 and other components, that can work on specific hardware.
                 </para></listitem>
             <listitem>