diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 64a86214dd..a9fc70ae40 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@
         This class also handles conversion and compression of images.
         <note>
             To build a VMware VMDK image, you need to add "wic.vmdk" to
-            <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>.
+            <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename>.
             This would also be similar for Virtual Box Virtual Disk Image
             ("vdi") and QEMU Copy On Write Version 2 ("qcow2") images.
         </note>