4 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
index 4883981985..e13f5c1601 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
             <para>
                 The <filename>do_fetch</filename> and
                 <filename>do_unpack</filename> tasks fetch the source files
-                and unpack them into a working directory.
+                and unpack them into the work directory.
                 By default, everything is accomplished in the
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
                 which has a defined structure.
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'>
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>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index b9df733f3f..94f113590a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -169,14 +169,15 @@
         </para>
 
         <para>
-            If you wish to rerun a task, use the <filename>-f</filename> force option.
-            For example, the following sequence forces recompilation after changing files in the
-            working directory.
+            If you wish to rerun a task, use the <filename>-f</filename> force
+            option.
+            For example, the following sequence forces recompilation after
+            changing files in the work directory.
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ bitbake matchbox-desktop
                .
                .
-        [make some changes to the source code in the working directory]
+        [make some changes to the source code in the work directory]
                .
                .
      $ bitbake matchbox-desktop -c compile -f