diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 05f1fc3253..5e281c3873 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -2233,6 +2233,15 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-nopackages'>
+    <title><filename>nopackages.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        Disables packaging tasks for those recipes and classes where
+        packaging is not needed
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-oelint'>
     <title><filename>oelint.bbclass</filename></title>