ref-manual: document meson class and variables

(From yocto-docs rev: aacd49e5c72ac1506fc09790902c6047ccf26a02)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index b9b49981e1..7ff0fcb335 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -1651,6 +1651,16 @@ messages for various BitBake severity levels (i.e. ``bbplain``,
 This class is enabled by default since it is inherited by the :ref:`ref-classes-base`
 class.
 
+.. _ref-classes-meson:
+
+``meson``
+=========
+
+The :ref:`ref-classes-meson` class allows to create recipes that build software
+using the `Meson <https://mesonbuild.com/>`__ build system. You can use
+the :term:`MESON_BUILDTYPE` and :term:`EXTRA_OEMESON` variables to specify
+additional configuration options to be passed using the ``meson`` command line.
+
 .. _ref-classes-metadata_scm:
 
 ``metadata_scm``