manuals: reduce verbosity related to "the following" expression

(From yocto-docs rev: da9d1cfb5c084d172eff3cb10ec3631dd8266260)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index a6347449f1..ffa17139fe 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ Please keep in mind that the QA checks
 exist in order to detect real or potential problems in the packaged
 output. So exercise caution when disabling these checks.
 
-The following list shows the tests you can list with the ``WARN_QA`` and
+Here are the tests you can list with the ``WARN_QA`` and
 ``ERROR_QA`` variables:
 
 -  ``already-stripped:`` Checks that produced binaries have not
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
index eb4947d594..31d24b8c28 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/features.rst
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ you can add several different predefined packages such as development
 utilities or packages with debug information needed to investigate
 application problems or profile applications.
 
-The following image features are available for all images:
+Here are the image features available for all images:
 
 -  *allow-empty-password:* Allows Dropbear and OpenSSH to accept root
    logins and logins from accounts having an empty password string.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
index 4fa4d3ef52..fc251945db 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function.
 Ubuntu and Debian
 -----------------
 
-The following list shows the required packages by function given a
+Here are the required packages by function given a
 supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution:
 
 .. note::
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution:
 Fedora Packages
 ---------------
 
-The following list shows the required packages by function given a
+Here are the required packages by function given a
 supported Fedora Linux distribution:
 
 -  *Essentials:* Packages needed to build an image for a headless
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ supported Fedora Linux distribution:
 openSUSE Packages
 -----------------
 
-The following list shows the required packages by function given a
+Here are the required packages by function given a
 supported openSUSE Linux distribution:
 
 -  *Essentials:* Packages needed to build an image for a headless
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ supported openSUSE Linux distribution:
 CentOS-7 Packages
 -----------------
 
-The following list shows the required packages by function given a
+Here are the required packages by function given a
 supported CentOS-7 Linux distribution:
 
 -  *Essentials:* Packages needed to build an image for a headless
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ supported CentOS-7 Linux distribution:
 CentOS-8 Packages
 -----------------
 
-The following list shows the required packages by function given a
+Here are the required packages by function given a
 supported CentOS-8 Linux distribution:
 
 -  *Essentials:* Packages needed to build an image for a headless
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 957362bb6d..0b61f77cb4 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -4754,7 +4754,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
          NO_GENERIC_LICENSE[license_name] = "license_file_in_fetched_source"
 
-      The following is an example that
+      Here is an example that
       uses the ``LICENSE.Abilis.txt`` file as the license from the fetched
       source::