diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 5aae51eef4..51e3c35814 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -606,6 +606,21 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-gconf'>
+    <title><filename>gconf.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The GConf (<filename>gconf</filename>) class provides common
+        functionality for recipes that need to install GConf schemas.
+        The schemas will be put into a separate package
+        (<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}-gconf</filename>)
+        that is created automatically when this class is inherited.
+        This package uses the appropriate post-installation and post-remove
+        (postinst/postrm) scriptlets to register and unregister the schemas
+        in the target image.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-pkgconfig'>
     <title>Pkg-config - <filename>pkgconfig.bbclass</filename></title>