1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 84deee8899..2b0e8909fe 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -701,10 +701,10 @@
                 <para>
                     The following example uses a complete regular expression
                     to tell BitBake to ignore all recipe and recipe append
-                    files in the <filename>/meta-ti/recipes-misc/</filename>
+                    files in the <filename>meta-ti/recipes-misc/</filename>
                     directory:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     BBMASK = "/meta-ti/recipes-misc/"
+     BBMASK = "meta-ti/recipes-misc/"
                     </literallayout>
                     If you want to mask out multiple directories or recipes,
                     use the vertical bar to separate the regular expression
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@
                     <filename>/etc</filename> or <filename>${bindir}</filename> rather
                     than <filename>/usr/bin</filename>.
                     You can find a list of these variables at the top of the
-                    <filename>/meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
+                    <filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
                 </note>
             </glossdef>
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                     Specifies the parent directory of the OpenEmbedded
-                    Core Metadata layer (i.e. <filename>/meta</filename>).
+                    Core Metadata layer (i.e. <filename>meta</filename>).
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@
                 <para>
                     You can set this directory by defining the
                     <filename>DL_DIR</filename> variable in the
-                    <filename>/conf/local.conf</filename> file.
+                    <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file.
                     This directory is self-maintaining and you should not have
                     to touch it.
                     By default, the directory is <filename>downloads</filename>
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@
                     <filename>/etc</filename>, or <filename>${bindir}</filename> rather
                     than <filename>/usr/bin</filename>.
                     You can find a list of these variables at the top of the
-                    <filename>/meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
+                    <filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
                 </note>
 
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@
                     to a default value using the <filename>?=</filename> operator, using a
                     <filename>+=</filename> operation against <filename>IMAGE_INSTALL</filename>
                     will result in unexpected behavior when used in
-                    <filename>/conf/local.conf</filename>.
+                    <filename>conf/local.conf</filename>.
                     Furthermore, the same operation from within an image recipe may or may not
                     succeed depending on the specific situation.
                     In both these cases, the behavior is contrary to how most users expect
@@ -4770,7 +4770,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     to keep the unpacked recipe for <filename>db</filename>
                     is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/db/5.1.19-r3/db-5.1.19
+     poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/db/5.1.19-r3/db-5.1.19
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -5888,7 +5888,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build
                     the <filename>v86d</filename> package is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/v86d/01.9-r0
+     poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/v86d/01.9-r0
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
 
@@ -5905,7 +5905,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     the <filename>acl</filename> recipe, which is being built for a
                     MIPS-based device, is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ~/poky/build/tmp/work/mips-poky-linux/acl/2.2.51-r2
+     poky/build/tmp/work/mips-poky-linux/acl/2.2.51-r2
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>