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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 38d8605bb9..8824943acb 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -13210,6 +13210,13 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
          ${localstatedir} \
      "
                     </literallayout>
+                    <note>
+                        Programs built by <filename>-native</filename> recipes
+                        run directly from the sysroot
+                        (<filename>STAGING_DIR_NATIVE</filename>), which is
+                        why additional directories containing program
+                        executables and supporting files need to be staged.
+                    </note>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>