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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 1be7dd5c9b..5a75199387 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -853,6 +853,18 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-image-live'>
+    <title><filename>image-live.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The live image (<filename>image-live</filename>) class
+        supports building "live" images.
+        Normally, you do not use this class directly.
+        Instead, you add "live" to
+        <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-mime'>
     <title><filename>mime.bbclass</filename></title>
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 70c3d1f4b9..aa0737e498 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2496,6 +2496,13 @@
                 </para>
 
                 <note>
+                    If you add "live" to <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename>
+                    inside an image recipe, be sure that you do so prior to the
+                    "inherit image" line of the recipe or the live image will
+                    not build.
+                </note>
+
+                <note>
                     Due to the way this variable is processed, it is not
                     possible to update its contents using
                     <filename>_append</filename> or