diff --git a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml
index 239390ac8d..0ce2549daf 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -568,17 +568,33 @@
Tasks support a number of flags which control various
- functionality of the task. These are as follows:
+ functionality of the task.
+ These are as follows:
+
+ dirs:
+ Directories which should be created before the task runs.
+
+ cleandirs:
+ Directories which should created before the task runs
+ but should be empty.
+ noexec:
+ Marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required.
+ These are used as dependency placeholders or used when added tasks
+ need to be subsequently disabled.
+ nostamp:
+ Do not generate a stamp file for a task.
+ This means the task is always executed.
+ fakeroot:
+ This task needs to be run in a fakeroot environment,
+ obtained by adding the variables in FAKEROOTENV
+ to the environment.
+ umask:
+ The umask to run the task under.
+
+ For the 'deptask', 'rdeptask', 'depends', 'rdepends'and
+ 'recrdeptask' flags, please see the dependencies section.
- 'dirs' - directories which should be created before the task runs
- 'cleandirs' - directories which should be created before the task runs but should be empty
- 'noexec' - marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required. These are used as dependency placeholders or used when added tasks need to be subsequently disabled.
- 'nostamp' - don't generate a stamp file for a task. This means the task is always rexecuted.
- 'fakeroot' - this task needs to be run in a fakeroot environment, obtained by adding the variables in FAKEROOTENV to the environment.
- 'umask' - the umask to run the task under.
- For the 'deptask', 'rdeptask', 'depends', 'rdepends' and 'recrdeptask' flags please see the dependencies section.
-
-
+