diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 3f387a3e1a..71df79fa62 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -714,7 +714,9 @@
         provides for automatic checking for upstream recipe updates.
         The class creates a comma-separated value (CSV) spreadsheet that
         contains information about the recipes.
-        The information provides the <filename>do_distrodata</filename> and
+        The information provides the
+        <link linkend='ref-tasks-distrodata'><filename>do_distrodata</filename></link>
+        and
         <filename>do_distro_check</filename> tasks, which do upstream checking
         and also verify if a package is used in multiple major distributions.
     </para>
@@ -728,6 +730,13 @@
      INHERIT+= "distrodata"
         </literallayout>
     </para>
+
+    <para>
+        The <filename>distrodata</filename> class also provides the
+        <link linkend='ref-tasks-checkpkg'><filename>do_checkpkg</filename></link>
+        task, which can be used against a simple recipe or against an
+        image to get all its recipe information.
+    </para>
 </section>
 
 <section id='ref-classes-distutils'>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index b2ecc66269..c46debb55b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,36 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
+    <section id='ref-tasks-checkpkg'>
+        <title><filename>do_checkpkg</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            Provides information about the recipe including its upstream
+            version and status.
+            The upstream version and status reveals whether or not a version
+            of the recipe exists upstream and a status of not updated, updated,
+            or unknown.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            The <filename>checkpkg</filename> task is included as part of the
+            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
+            class.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            To build the <filename>checkpkg</filename> task, use the
+            <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
+            task name:
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c checkpkg
+            </literallayout>
+            By default, the results are stored in
+            <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
+            (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='ref-tasks-compile'>
         <title><filename>do_compile</filename></title>
 
@@ -87,6 +117,32 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
+    <section id='ref-tasks-distrodata'>
+        <title><filename>do_distrodata</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            Provides information about the recipe.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            The <filename>distrodata</filename> task is included as part of the
+            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
+            class.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            To build the <filename>distrodata</filename> task, use the
+            <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
+            task name:
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c distrodata
+            </literallayout>
+            By default, the results are stored in
+            <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
+            (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='ref-tasks-fetch'>
         <title><filename>do_fetch</filename></title>