1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml
index 99e924441e..78bf64f69a 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml
@@ -1241,12 +1241,17 @@
                 <para>
                     The
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-patch'><filename>do_patch</filename></ulink>
-                    task processes recipes by using the
+                    task uses a recipe's
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
+                    statements and the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></ulink>
                     variable to locate applicable patch files.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
                     Default processing for patch files assumes the files have
                     either <filename>*.patch</filename> or
-                    <filename>*.diff</filename> endings.
+                    <filename>*.diff</filename> file types.
                     You can use <filename>SRC_URI</filename> parameters to
                     change the way the build system recognizes patch files.
                     See the
@@ -1257,8 +1262,11 @@
                 <para>
                     BitBake finds and applies multiple patches for a single
                     recipe in the order in which it locates the patches.
-                    Patches are applied to the recipe's source files, which
-                    are located in the
+                    The <filename>FILESPATH</filename> variable defines the
+                    default set of directories that the build system uses to
+                    search for patch files.
+                    Once found, patches are applied to the recipe's source
+                    files, which are located in the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-S'><filename>S</filename></ulink>
                     directory.
                 </para>