1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index cb8d9a5b39..bed4be0030 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4825,7 +4825,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     The location in the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
                     where unpacked recipe source code resides.
-                    This location is within the working directory
+                    This location is within the work directory
                     (<filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>),
                     which is not static.
                     The unpacked source location depends on the recipe name
@@ -4840,7 +4840,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
                     top-level folder named <filename>poky</filename> and a
                     default Build Directory at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the working directory the build system uses
+                    In this case, the work directory the build system uses
                     to keep the unpacked recipe for <filename>db</filename>
                     is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
@@ -6008,7 +6008,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-WORKDIR'><glossterm>WORKDIR</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    The pathname of the working directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system
+                    The pathname of the work directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system
                     builds a recipe.
                     This directory is located within the
                     <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link> directory structure and changes
@@ -6039,7 +6039,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     folder name <filename>poky</filename> and a default
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
                     at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build
+                    In this case, the work 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
@@ -6055,7 +6055,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     As an example, again assume a Source Directory top-level folder
                     named <filename>poky</filename> and a default Build Directory
                     at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build
+                    In this case, the work directory the build system uses to build
                     the <filename>acl</filename> recipe, which is being built for a
                     MIPS-based device, is the following:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>