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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index b839e669cf..deb7afad43 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ The variable ``D`` becomes "dvaladditional data".
 
    You must control all spacing when you use the override syntax.
 
+.. note::
+
+   The overrides are applied in this order, ":append", ":prepend", ":remove".
+
 It is also possible to append and prepend to shell functions and
 BitBake-style Python functions. See the ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:shell functions`" and ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:bitbake-style python functions`"
 sections for examples.
@@ -352,6 +356,28 @@ The variable ``FOO`` becomes
 Like ":append" and ":prepend", ":remove" is applied at variable
 expansion time.
 
+.. note::
+
+   The overrides are applied in this order, ":append", ":prepend", ":remove".
+   This implies it is not possible to re-append previously removed strings.
+   However, one can undo a ":remove" by using an intermediate variable whose
+   content is passed to the ":remove" so that modifying the intermediate
+   variable equals to keeping the string in::
+
+     FOOREMOVE = "123 456 789"
+     FOO:remove = "${FOOREMOVE}"
+     ...
+     FOOREMOVE = "123 789"
+
+   This expands to ``FOO:remove = "123 789"``.
+
+.. note::
+
+   Override application order may not match variable parse history, i.e.
+   the output of ``bitbake -e`` may contain ":remove" before ":append",
+   but the result will be removed string, because ":remove" is handled
+   last.
+
 Override Style Operation Advantages
 -----------------------------------