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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0de6bfcf5c..275a7465b8 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "path_1:path_2:path_3:"
                     </literallayout>
-                    Typically, you want your directories search first. 
+                    Typically, you want your directories searched first. 
                     To make sure that happens, use <filename>_prepend</filename> and 
                     the immediate expansion (<filename>:=</filename>) operator as shown in the 
                     previous example.