ref-manual/variables.rst: document the REQUIRED_MACHINE_FEATURES variable

Added in OE-Core commit: 5f4875b950ce ("distro_features_check: expand
with MACHINE_FEATURES and COMBINED_FEATURES, rename").

Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
(From yocto-docs rev: 5270b62a0a10169710be11561f1c2623f550f567)

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
(cherry picked from commit c0551456cba6016d5014c2be8d6906e58a324cc4)
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>

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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index f517388317..4d072f30a6 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -7453,6 +7453,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       the recipe will be skipped, and if the build system attempts to build
       the recipe then an error will be triggered.
 
+   :term:`REQUIRED_MACHINE_FEATURES`
+      When inheriting the :ref:`ref-classes-features_check` class, this variable
+      identifies :term:`MACHINE_FEATURES` that must exist in the current
+      configuration in order for the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` to build
+      the recipe. In other words, if the :term:`REQUIRED_MACHINE_FEATURES` variable
+      lists a feature that does not appear in :term:`MACHINE_FEATURES` within the
+      current configuration, then the recipe will be skipped, and if the build
+      system attempts to build the recipe then an error will be triggered.
+
    :term:`REQUIRED_VERSION`
       If there are multiple versions of a recipe available, this variable
       determines which version should be given preference.