diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 5bb1b7eaa8..7424f86c6c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -10871,6 +10871,34 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-SKIP_FILEDEPS'><glossterm>SKIP_FILEDEPS</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                SKIP_FILEDEPS[doc] = "Enables you to remove all files from
+                the "Provides" section of an RPM package."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+                    Enables removal of all files from the "Provides" section of
+                    an RPM package.
+                    Removal of these files is required for packages containing
+                    prebuilt binaries and libraries such as
+                    <filename>libstdc++</filename> and
+                    <filename>glibc</filename>.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    To enable file removal, set the variable to "1" in your
+                    <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file
+                    in your:
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     SKIP_FILEDEPS = "1"
+                    </literallayout>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-SOC_FAMILY'><glossterm>SOC_FAMILY</glossterm>
             <info>
                 SOC_FAMILY[doc] = "Groups together machines based upon the same family of SOC (System On Chip). You typically set this variable in a common .inc file that you include in the configuration files of all the machines."