diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 2de8473bdb..1edd0ab44a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@
used, which is located by
BBPATH.
For details on how you should write device table files,
- see files/device_table-minimal.txt
+ see meta/files/device_table-minimal.txt
as an example.