diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 359df8f75f..b3e7dd8d9e 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -1783,6 +1783,10 @@
                             <entry align="left"><filename>d.delVarFlags("X")</filename></entry>
                             <entry align="left">Deletes all the flags for the variable "X".</entry>
                         </row>
+                        <row>
+                            <entry align="left"><filename>d.expand(expression)</filename></entry>
+                            <entry align="left">Expands variable references in the specified string expression.</entry>
+                        </row>
                     </tbody>
                 </tgroup>
             </informaltable>