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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
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@@ -684,6 +684,22 @@
         </para>
      </section>
 
+    <section id='ref-tasks-devpyshell'>
+        <title><filename>do_devpyshell</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            Starts a shell in which an interactive Python interpreter allows
+            you to interact with the BitBake build environment.
+            From within this shell, you can directly examine and set
+            bits from the data store and execute functions as if within
+            the BitBake environment.
+            See the
+            "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#platdev-appdev-devpyshell'>Using a Development Python Shell</ulink>"
+            section in the Yocto Project Development Manual for more
+            information about using <filename>devpyshell</filename>.
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='ref-tasks-devshell'>
         <title><filename>do_devshell</filename></title>