diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 9312d873b4..48d3ecb632 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3048,7 +3048,7 @@
 
      PV = "1.5.1+git${SRCPV}"
 
-     S = "${WORKDIR}/git/"
+     S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
      EXTRA_OEMAKE = "'CC=${CC}' 'RANLIB=${RANLIB}' 'AR=${AR}' 'CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} -I${S}/include -DWITHOUT_XATTR' 'BUILDDIR=${S}'"
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 7b1717ca2e..ee1fcadad1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4160,12 +4160,16 @@
 
         <glossentry id='var-FILES'><glossterm>FILES</glossterm>
             <info>
-                FILES[doc] = "The list of directories or files that are placed in packages."
+                FILES[doc] = "The list of directories or files that are placed in a package."
             </info>
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    The list of directories or files that are placed in packages.
+                    The list of files and directories that are placed in a
+                    package.
+                    The
+                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>
+                    variable lists the packages generated by a recipe.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -4176,7 +4180,7 @@
                     resulting package.
                     Here is an example:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/mydir1/ ${bindir}/mydir2/myfile"
+     FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/mydir1 ${bindir}/mydir2/myfile"
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index 79322dd198..5fac2b2b40 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
         <title>Running Specific Tasks</title>
 
         <para>
-            Any given package consists of a set of tasks.
+            Any given recipe consists of a set of tasks.
             The standard BitBake behavior in most cases is:
             <filename>do_fetch</filename>,
             <filename>do_unpack</filename>,