diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index e1b2f2d0b2..fac54d34d3 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -1833,14 +1833,23 @@
exclusion.
[noexec]:
- Marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required.
- The [noexec] flag can be used to set up
+ When set to "1", marks the task as being empty, with
+ no execution required.
+ You can use the [noexec] flag to set up
tasks as dependency placeholders, or to disable tasks defined
elsewhere that are not needed in a particular recipe.
[nostamp]:
- Tells BitBake to not generate a stamp file for a task,
- which implies the task should always be executed.
+ When set to "1", tells BitBake to not generate a stamp
+ file for a task, which implies the task should always
+ be executed.
+ Caution
+ Any task that depends (possibly indirectly) on a
+ [nostamp] task will always be
+ executed as well.
+ This can cause unnecessary rebuilding if you are
+ not careful.
+
[postfuncs]:
List of functions to call after the completion of the task.