1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index ba7c3f79f6..30d0e5de06 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -211,14 +211,22 @@
         use for this class.
         <note>
             For RPMs and other packages that do not contain a subdirectory,
-            you should specify a "subdir" parameter.
+            you should specify an appropriate fetcher parameter to point to
+            the subdirectory.
+            For example, if BitBake is using the Git fetcher
+            (<filename>git://</filename>), the "subpath" parameter limits
+            the checkout to a specific subpath of the tree.
             Here is an example where <filename>${BP}</filename> is used so that
             the files are extracted into the subdirectory expected by the
             default value of
             <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     SRC_URI = "http://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;subdir=${BP}"
+     SRC_URI = "git://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;subpath=${BP}"
             </literallayout>
+            See the
+            "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#bb-fetchers'>Fetchers</ulink>"
+            section in the BitBake User Manual for more information on
+            supported BitBake Fetchers.
         </note>
     </para>
 </section>