diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 2056cdf34d..89f0af7990 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -9388,11 +9388,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
By default, the value of this variable is set to
TUNE_PKGARCH
when building for the target,
- BUILD_ARCH when building for the
- build host and "${SDK_ARCH}-${SDKPKGSUFFIX}" when building
+ BUILD_ARCH
+ when building for the
+ build host, and "${SDK_ARCH}-${SDKPKGSUFFIX}" when building
for the SDK.
+
+ See
+ SDK_ARCH
+ for more information.
+
However, if your recipe's output packages are built
- specific to the target machine rather than general for
+ specific to the target machine rather than generally for
the architecture of the machine, you should set
PACKAGE_ARCH to the value of
MACHINE_ARCH