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@@ -5807,6 +5807,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       For additional information on how this variable is used, see the
       initialization script.
 
+   :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_LEAF_TARGETS`
+      Set build target(s) for build reproducibility testing but activate
+      :ref:`shared state <overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache>` build
+      for most dependencies (i.e. the ones explicitly listed in DEPENDS, which
+      may not be all dependencies, c.f. [depends] varflags, PACKAGE_DEPENDS and
+      other implementations). See :doc:`/test-manual/reproducible-builds`.
+
    :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_PACKAGE`
       Set the package manager(s) for build reproducibility testing.
       See :yocto_git:`reproducible.py </poky/tree/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/reproducible.py>`