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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index fd0401705b..f91581ab0c 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,15 @@
280 280
281 <glossentry id='var-BPN'><glossterm>BPN</glossterm> 281 <glossentry id='var-BPN'><glossterm>BPN</glossterm>
282 <glossdef> 282 <glossdef>
283 <para>Bare name of package with any suffixes like -cross -native removed.</para> 283 <para>The bare name of the recipe or package.
284 This variable is a version of the <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> variable
285 but has common suffixes and prefixes such as "-native", "-cross" and "multilib"
286 removed.
287 The exact list of suffixes removed is specified by the
288 <link linkend='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</link> variable.
289 The exact list of prefixes removed is specified by the
290 <link linkend='var-MLPREFIX'>MLPREFIX</link> variable.
291 Prefixes are removed for multilib and nativesdk cases.</para>
284 </glossdef> 292 </glossdef>
285 </glossentry> 293 </glossentry>
286 294
@@ -1515,6 +1523,21 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
1515 <para>The email address of the distribution maintainer.</para> 1523 <para>The email address of the distribution maintainer.</para>
1516 </glossdef> 1524 </glossdef>
1517 </glossentry> 1525 </glossentry>
1526
1527 <glossentry id='var-MLPREFIX'><glossterm>MLPREFIX</glossterm>
1528 <glossdef>
1529 <para>
1530 Specifies a prefix has been added to
1531 <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> to create a special version
1532 of a recipe or package, such as a multilib version.
1533 The variable is used in places where the prefix needs to be
1534 added to or removed from a the name (e.g. the
1535 <link linkend='var-BPN'>BPN</link> variable).
1536 <filename>MLPREFIX</filename> gets set when a prefix has been
1537 added to <filename>PN</filename>.
1538 </para>
1539 </glossdef>
1540 </glossentry>
1518 </glossdiv> 1541 </glossdiv>
1519 1542
1520<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-n'><title>N</title>--> 1543<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-n'><title>N</title>-->
@@ -1934,6 +1957,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
1934 </glossdef> 1957 </glossdef>
1935 </glossentry> 1958 </glossentry>
1936 1959
1960 <glossentry id='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'><glossterm>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</glossterm>
1961 <glossdef>
1962 <para>
1963 A list of prefixes for <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> used by the
1964 OpenEmbedded build system to create variants of recipes or packages.
1965 The list specifies the prefixes to strip off during certain circumstances
1966 such as the generation of the <link linkend='var-BPN'>BPN</link> variable.
1967 </para>
1968 </glossdef>
1969 </glossentry>
1970
1937 <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI'><glossterm>SRC_URI</glossterm> 1971 <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI'><glossterm>SRC_URI</glossterm>
1938 <glossdef> 1972 <glossdef>
1939 <para>The list of source files - local or remote. 1973 <para>The list of source files - local or remote.