diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 6843094fca..ba74798856 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
 
         <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>The list of packages which extend usability of the image. 
                     Those packages will automatically be installed but can be removed by user.</para>
             </glossdef>
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@
 
         <glossentry id='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'><glossterm>ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>Variable that controls which locales for <filename>eglibc</filename> are
                     to be generated during the build (useful if the target device has 64Mbytes
                     of RAM or less).</para>
@@ -693,6 +695,7 @@
 
          <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>
                     A list of required packages to install as part of the package being
                     built.
@@ -722,6 +725,7 @@
 
          <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>
                     A list of recommended packages to install as part of the package being 
                     built. 
@@ -805,6 +809,7 @@
 
          <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>
                     A list of optional but non-machine essential packages to install as 
                     part of the package being built.
@@ -1230,6 +1235,7 @@
 
         <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
+                <para></para>
                 <para>
                     By default, the Yocto Project automatically detects whether 
                     <filename><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link></filename>