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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -867,6 +867,19 @@
             <para>
                 This step in the build process consists of three tasks:
                 <itemizedlist>
+                    <listitem><para>
+                        <emphasis><link linkend='ref-tasks-prepare_recipe_sysroot'><filename>do_prepare_recipe_sysroot</filename></link>:</emphasis>
+                        This task sets up the two sysroots in
+                        <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
+                        (i.e. <filename>recipe-sysroot</filename> and
+                        <filename>recipe-sysroot-native</filename>) so that
+                        the sysroots contain the contents of the
+                        <link linkend='ref-tasks-populate_sysroot'><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></link>
+                        tasks of the recipes on which the recipe
+                        containing the tasks depends.
+                        A sysroot exists for both the target and for the native
+                        binaries, which run on the host system.
+                        </para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>do_configure</filename>:</emphasis>
                         This task configures the source by enabling and
                         disabling any build-time and configuration options for