diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 7ebe165e10..65f52b43af 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <para>
        <link linkend='var-AUTHOR'>A</link> 
-       <link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>B</link> 
+       <link linkend='var-BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS'>B</link> 
        <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'>C</link> 
        <link linkend='var-D'>D</link> 
        <link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>E</link> 
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@
 
     <glossdiv id='var-glossary-b'><title>B</title>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS'><glossterm>BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>A list of packages not to install despite being recommended by a recipe.
+                    Support for this variable exists only for images that use the 
+                    <filename>ipkg</filename> packaging system.</para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time.