diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index f51b994c9d..583adc2cd6 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1354,6 +1354,20 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><glossterm>COPY_LIC_DIRS</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    If set to "1" along with the
+                    <link linkend='var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></link>
+                    variable, the OpenEmbedded build system creates directories
+                    for each package installed into the image.
+                    The directories contain the license files for each package
+                    in <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/</filename> within
+                    the image itself.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><glossterm>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
@@ -3204,6 +3218,29 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_TYPEDEP'><glossterm>IMAGE_TYPEDEP</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Specifies a dependency from one image type on another.
+                    Here is an example from the
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-image-live'><filename>image-live</filename></link>
+                    class:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     IMAGE_TYPEDEP_live = "ext3"
+                    </literallayout>
+                    In the previous example, the variable ensures that when
+                    "live" is listed with the
+                    <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename></link>
+                    variable, the OpenEmbedded build system produces an
+                    <filename>ext3</filename> image first since one of the
+                    components of the live
+                    image is an <filename>ext3</filename>
+                    formatted partition containing the root
+                    filesystem.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_TYPES'><glossterm>IMAGE_TYPES</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>