From: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:28:02 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: ref-manual: Updated the BUILD_OS variable description.
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ref-manual: Updated the BUILD_OS variable description.

Fixed the meaning up.

(From yocto-docs rev: 1b057475acd2bf33bb6fa3bd03e85a415697873f)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 3fe97c6e943..a4f67fefe83 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1319,12 +1319,11 @@ meta/conf/machine/include/<architecture>/arch-<architecture>.inc
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
                     Specifies the operating system in use on the build
-                    host (e.g. Linux).
-                    The operating system, as reported by the
-                    <filename>uname</filename> command, sets
-                    <filename>BUILD_OS</filename>.
-                    When set, the first word of the value converts to
-                    lower-case characters.
+                    host (e.g. "linux").
+                    The OpenEmbedded build system sets the value of
+                    <filename>BUILD_OS</filename> from the OS reported by
+                    the <filename>uname</filename> command - the first word,
+                    converted to lower-case characters.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>