diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 9d5c818293..e95f35e0d7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5529,17 +5529,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_PREPROCESS_FUNCS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Specifies a list of functions run to perform additional
-                    splitting of files into individual packages.
-                    Recipes can either prepend to this variable or prepend
-                    to the <filename>populate_packages</filename> function
-                    in order to perform the additional package splitting.
-                    In either case, the function should set
-                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>,
-                    <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>,
-                    <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
-                    and other packaging variables appropriately in order to
-                    perform the desired splitting.
+                    Specifies a list of functions run to pre-process the
+                    <link linkend='var-PKGD'><filename>PKGD</filename></link>
+                    directory prior to splitting the files out to individual
+                    packages.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>