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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2970,6 +2970,30 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-RPROVIDES'><glossterm>RPROVIDES</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    A list of package name aliases that a package also provides. 
+                    These aliases are useful for satisfying runtime dependencies 
+                    of other packages both during the build and on the target 
+                    (as specified by
+                    <filename><link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'>RDEPENDS</link></filename>).
+                    <note>
+                        A package's own name is implicitly already in its
+                        <filename>RPROVIDES</filename> list.
+                    </note>
+                </para>
+                <para>
+                   As with all package-controlling variables, you must always 
+                   use the variable in conjunction with a package name override.
+                   Here is an example:
+                   <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     RPROVIDES_${PN} = "widget-abi-2"
+                   </literallayout>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>