diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 3f4e7d8fa1..4b2c360ab1 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -155,6 +155,32 @@ can be found then it should be implemented.  I can't find one at the moment.
         </itemizedlist>
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+        <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+                <para id='qa-issue-file->rdeps'>
+                    <code>
+     &lt;packagename&gt; requires &lt;files&gt;, but no providers in its RDEPENDS [file->rdeps]
+                    </code>
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    A file-level dependency has been identified from the
+                    specified package on the specified files, but there is
+                    no explicit corresponding entry in
+                    <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>.
+                    If particular files are required at runtime then
+                    <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> should be declared in the
+                    recipe to ensure they are present.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    &nbsp;
+                </para>
+            </listitem>
+        </itemizedlist>
+    </para>
+
     <para>
         <itemizedlist>
             <listitem>