diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index b92f4e4f20ea8f702c90f4e3d29251b2461d07d0..2ac94630d80386cf613222b70f7bd6323b9948f2 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ example use for this class.
    are extracted into the subdirectory expected by the default value of
    :term:`S`::
 
-      SRC_URI = "git://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;branch=main;subpath=${BP}"
+      SRC_URI = "git://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;branch=main;subdir=${BP}"
 
    See the ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching:fetchers`" section in the BitBake User Manual for
    more information on supported BitBake Fetchers.