diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index c8ece0c579..9e6d37ec0d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -495,6 +495,30 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-AVAILABLE_LICENSES'><glossterm>AVAILABLE_LICENSES</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                AVAILABLE_LICENSES[doc] = "List of licenses found in the directories specified by COMMON_LICENSE_DIR and LICENSE_PATH."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+
+                    List of licenses found in the directories specified
+                    by <link linkend='var-COMMON_LICENSE_DIR'><filename>COMMON_LICENSE_DIR</filename></link>
+                    and <link linkend='var-LICENSE_PATH'><filename>LICENSE_PATH</filename></link>.
+
+                    <note>
+                        It is assumed that all changes
+                        to <filename>COMMON_LICENSE_DIR</filename>
+                        and <filename>LICENSE_PATH</filename> have been done
+                        before <filename>AVAILABLE_LICENSES</filename> is
+                        defined
+                        (in <link linkend='ref-classes-license'>license.bbclass</link>).
+                    </note>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-AVAILTUNES'><glossterm>AVAILTUNES</glossterm>
             <info>
                 AVAILTUNES[doc] = "The list of defined CPU and Application Binary Interface (ABI) tunings (i.e.  "tunes") available for use by the OpenEmbedded build system."