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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -12776,6 +12776,35 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-SSTATE_SCAN_FILES'><glossterm>SSTATE_SCAN_FILES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SSTATE_SCAN_FILES[doc] = "Controls the list of files the OpenEmbedded build system scans for hardcoded installation paths."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+                    Controls the list of files the OpenEmbedded build system
+                    scans for hardcoded installation paths.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    During a build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates a
+                    shared state (sstate) object during the first stage of
+                    preparing the sysroots.
+                    During the build, the object is scanned for hardcoded paths
+                    for original installation locations.
+                    The list of files that are scanned for paths is controlled
+                    by the <filename>SSTATE_SCAN_FILES</filename> variable.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    For details on the process, see the
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link>
+                    class.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE'><glossterm>STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE</glossterm>
             <info>
                 STAGING_BASE_LIBDIR_NATIVE[doc] = "Specifies the path to the /lib subdirectory of the sysroot directory for the build host."