1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 6d4c6b712c..51b9148e3e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -434,11 +434,11 @@
             the checksum.
             First, there is the actual specific build path of a given task -
             the <link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link>.
-            It does not matter if the working directory changes because it should not
+            It does not matter if the work directory changes because it should not
             affect the output for target packages.
             Also, the build process has the objective of making native or cross packages relocatable.
             The checksum therefore needs to exclude <filename>WORKDIR</filename>.
-            The simplistic approach for excluding the working directory is to set
+            The simplistic approach for excluding the work directory is to set
             <filename>WORKDIR</filename> to some fixed value and create the checksum
             for the "run" script.
         </para>