1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index a9559bbb0b..e2fd6734d0 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -299,8 +299,15 @@
         <title><filename>do_package</filename></title>
 
         <para>
-            Analyzes the content of the holding area and splits it into subsets
-            based on available packages and files.
+            Analyzes the content of the holding area
+            <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-D'><filename>D</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
+            and splits the content into subsets based on available packages
+            and files.
+            This task makes use of the
+            <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>
+            and
+            <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>
+            variables.
         </para>
     </section>