diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index eb3e2718a7..72295d737c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
         For more details on the source archiver, see the
         "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#maintaining-open-source-license-compliance-during-your-products-lifecycle'>Maintaining Open Source License Compliance During Your Product's Lifecycle</ulink>"
         section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
+        You can also see the
+        <link linkend='var-ARCHIVER_MODE'><filename>ARCHIVER_MODE</filename></link>
+        variable.
     </para>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index ecac2b6c26..71bd8e5260 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -283,6 +283,27 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-ARCHIVER_MODE'><glossterm>ARCHIVER_MODE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                ARCHIVER_MODE[doc] = "Controls archive creation used when releasing source files."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+                    When used with the
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-archiver'><filename>archiver</filename></link>
+                    class, determines the type of information used to create
+                    a released archive.
+                    You can use this variable to create archives of patched
+                    source, original source, configured source, and so forth.
+                    For information on how the variable works, see the
+                    <filename>meta/classes/archiver.bbclass</filename> file
+                    in the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-AS'><glossterm>AS</glossterm>
             <info>
                 AS[doc] = "Minimal command and arguments to run the assembler."