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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index b0a65a989b..fa9fca1ce3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@
             <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>
             variables.
         </para>
+
+        <para>
+            The <filename>do_package</filename> task, in conjunction with the
+            <link linkend='ref-tasks-packagedata'><filename>do_packagedata</filename></link>
+            task, also saves some important package metadata.
+            For additional information, see the
+            <link linkend='var-PKGDESTWORK'><filename>PKGDESTWORK</filename></link>
+            variable and the
+            "<link linkend='automatically-added-runtime-dependencies'>Automatically Added Runtime Dependencies</link>"
+            section.
+        </para>
     </section>
 
     <section id='ref-tasks-package_qa'>
@@ -408,6 +419,8 @@
         <para>
             Creates package metadata used by the build system to generate the
             final packages.
+            The data is saved in
+            <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link>.
         </para>
     </section>