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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 6e66dc7358..4571f2522c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
    :term:`DOC_COMPRESS`
       When inheriting the :ref:`ref-classes-compress_doc`
       class, this variable sets the compression policy used when the
-      OpenEmbedded build system compresses man pages and info pages. By
+      OpenEmbedded build system compresses manual and info pages. By
       default, the compression method used is gz (gzip). Other policies
       available are xz and bz2.