diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 8e0b9573bd..193787d312 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
                     The
-                    <filename>do_deploy[sstate-inputsdirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR}"</filename>
+                    <filename>do_deploy[sstate-inputdirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR}"</filename>
                     declares that <filename>do_deploy</filename> places its
                     output in <filename>${DEPLOYDIR}</filename> when run
                     normally (i.e. when not using the sstate cache).