diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 2f3aafacc6..210b29da17 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1321,6 +1321,27 @@
+ DEPLOYDIR
+
+
+ For recipes that inherit the
+ deploy
+ class, the DEPLOYDIR points to a
+ temporary work area for deployed files that is set in the
+ deploy class as follows:
+
+ DEPLOYDIR = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-${PN}"
+
+ Recipes inheriting the deploy class
+ should copy files to be deployed into
+ DEPLOYDIR, and the class will take
+ care of copying them into
+ DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE
+ afterwards.
+
+
+
+
DESCRIPTIONThe package description used by package managers.