diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 94a4d4f583..1178a19547 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1594,8 +1594,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             <glossdef>
                 <para>Includes additional metadata from the Yocto Project kernel Git repository.
                     In the OpenEmbedded build system, the default Board Support Packages (BSPs)
-                    metadata is provided through
-                    the <filename>KMACHINE</filename> and <filename>KBRANCH</filename> variables.
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#metadata'>Metadata</ulink>
+                    is provided through
+                    the <link linkend='var-KMACHINE'><filename>KMACHINE</filename></link>
+                    and <link linkend='var-KBRANCH'><filename>KBRANCH</filename></link> variables.
                     You can use the <filename>KERNEL_FEATURES</filename> variable to further
                     add metadata for all BSPs.</para>
                 <para>The metadata you add through this variable includes config fragments and