diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 6b040a6d49..94052a66d3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -6841,19 +6841,17 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated
       during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the
       :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data
-      for each recipe and installs it into this temporary, shared area.
+      for each recipe and installs it into this shared area.
       This directory defaults to the following, which you should not
       change::
 
-         ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/pkgdata
+         ${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE}
 
       For examples of how this data is used, see the
       ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`"
       section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the
       ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```"
-      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. For more
-      information on the shared, global-state directory, see
-      :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`.
+      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
 
    :term:`PKGDEST`
       Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they