diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index ad100b9892..be509c4a81 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -6314,14 +6314,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 
         <glossentry id='var-INHERIT'><glossterm>INHERIT</glossterm>
             <info>
-                INHERIT[doc] = "Causes the named class to be inherited at this point during parsing. The variable is only valid in configuration files."
+                INHERIT[doc] = "Causes the named class or classes to be inherited globally."
             </info>
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
-                    Causes the named class to be inherited at
-                    this point during parsing.
-                    The variable is only valid in configuration files.
+                    Causes the named class or classes to be inherited globally.
+                    Anonymous functions in the class or classes
+                    are not executed for the
+                    base configuration and in each individual recipe.
+                    The OpenEmbedded build system ignores changes to
+                    <filename>INHERIT</filename> in individual recipes.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    For more information on <filename>INHERIT</filename>, see
+                    the
+                    "<ulink url="&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#inherit-configuration-directive"><filename>INHERIT</filename> Configuration Directive</ulink>"
+                    section in the Yocto Project Bitbake User Manual.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>