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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 43715da5d8..fd13746a81 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3533,40 +3533,31 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
-        <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</glossterm>
+        <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</glossterm>
             <info>
-                EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB[doc] = "Prevents exposure of a package to all of the package's libraries."
+                EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS[doc] = "Causes the OpenEmbedded build system's shared resolver to exclued an entire package when scanning for shared libraries."
             </info>
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    Prevents exposing a package to all of the package's
-                    libraries.
-                    The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</filename> variable is
-                    useful for prebuilt packages that should not be exposed
-                    to any of the package's libraries.
-                    In other words, you want to skip the
-                    <filename>shlib</filename> procedure for the package.
+                    Triggers the OpenEmbedded build system's shared resolver to
+                    exclude an entire package when scanning for shared
+                    libraries (i.e. the <filename>shlib</filename> procedure.
+                    The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable is
+                    similar to the
+                    <link linkend='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename></link>
+                    variable, which exludes a package's particular libraries
+                    only and not the whole package.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    Use the variable by setting it to "1" for a particular
-                    package:
+                    Use the
+                    <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable by
+                    setting it to "1" for a particular package:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB = "1"
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    You can achieve similar results by using the
-                    <link linkend='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename></link>
-                    variable.
-                    However, with the <filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename>
-                    variable, you must specifically list all of a package's
-                    libraries.
-                    Using the <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</filename> variable,
-                    allows you to quickly prevent exposure to all the libraries.
-                </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>