diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 870c50b7c8..226faa1745 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5408,44 +5408,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-module_autoload'><glossterm>module_autoload</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Lists kernel modules that need to be auto-loaded during
-                    boot.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    You can use this variable anywhere that it can be
-                    recognized by the kernel recipe or out-of-tree kernel
-                    module recipe (e.g. a machine configuration file, a
-                    distribution configuration file, an append file for the
-                    recipe, or the recipe itself).
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    Specify it as follows:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     module_autoload_&lt;modname&gt; = "modname1 modname2 modname3"
-                    </literallayout>
-                    You must use the kernel module name override.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    Including <filename>module_autoload</filename> causes the
-                    OpenEmbedded build system to populate the
-                    <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/modname.conf</filename>
-                    file with the list of modules to be auto-loaded on boot.
-                    The modules appear one-per-line in the file.
-                    Here is an example of the most common use case:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     module_autoload_modname = "modname"
-                    </literallayout>
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    For information on how to populate the
-                    <filename>modname.conf</filename> file with
-                    <filename>modprobe.d</filename> syntax lines, see the
-                    <link linkend='var-module_conf'><filename>module_conf</filename></link>
-                    variable.
+                    This variable has been replaced by the
+                    <filename>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</filename> variable.
+                    You should replace all occurrences of the
+                    <filename>module_autoload</filename> variable with
+                    <filename>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</filename> variables.
+                    See the
+                    <link linkend='var-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD'><filename>KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD</filename></link>
+                    variable for a description of the variable.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>