diff --git a/doc/src/overview.xml b/doc/src/overview.xml
index 04c1c7754..37bae1c96 100644
--- a/doc/src/overview.xml
+++ b/doc/src/overview.xml
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ b2 toolset=gcc variant=debug optimization=space
The build directory for the project root will be computed by concatenating
the value of the option, the project name
specified in Jamroot, and the build dir specified in Jamroot
- (or bin.v2, if none is specified).
+ (or bin, if none is specified).
The option is primarily useful when building from read-only
diff --git a/doc/src/reference.xml b/doc/src/reference.xml
index 752cb57fa..b312112d4 100644
--- a/doc/src/reference.xml
+++ b/doc/src/reference.xml
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ path-constant DATA : data/a.txt ;
Allowed values:on, off.
- The runtime-debugging feature specifies that,
- if produced, object files, executables, and libraries should include
+ The runtime-debugging feature specifies
+ whether produced object files, executables, and libraries should include
behaviour useful only for debugging, such as asserts.
Typically, the value of this feature is implicitly set by the
variant feature, but it can be explicitly
diff --git a/doc/src/tasks.xml b/doc/src/tasks.xml
index a4a357986..48f611a28 100644
--- a/doc/src/tasks.xml
+++ b/doc/src/tasks.xml
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ unit-test helpers_test
The command used to run the executable will be:
-valgrind bin.v2/$toolset/debug/helpers_test
+valgrind bin/$toolset/debug/helpers_test