diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index f17960e0e9..b31408ca95 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -7545,7 +7545,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
       ``SSTATE_EXCLUDEDEPS_SYSROOT`` is evaluated as two regular
       expressions of recipe and dependency to ignore. An example
-      is the rule in :oe_git:`meta/conf/layer.conf </meta/conf/layer.conf>`::
+      is the rule in :oe_git:`meta/conf/layer.conf </openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/layer.conf>`::
 
          # Nothing needs to depend on libc-initial
          # base-passwd/shadow-sysroot don't need their dependencies