diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 6fd68d8257..c6ba45464c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -957,6 +957,28 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-gobject-introspection'>
+    <title><filename>gobject-introspection.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        Provides support for recipes building software that
+        supports GObject introspection.
+        This functionality is only enabled if the
+        "gobject-introspection-data" feature is in
+        <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>
+        as well as "qemu-usermode" being in
+        <link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><filename>MACHINE_FEATURES</filename></link>.
+        <note>
+            This functionality is backfilled by default and,
+            if not applicable, should be disabled through
+            <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED</filename></link>
+            or
+            <link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED'><filename>MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED</filename></link>,
+            respectively.
+        </note>
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-grub-efi'>
     <title><filename>grub-efi.bbclass</filename></title>