diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index b5c95481a7..da6ad82901 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -525,9 +525,13 @@
         <glossentry id='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><glossterm>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Causes tarballs of the Git repositories to be placed in the
+                    Causes tarballs of the Git repositories, including the
+                    Git metadata, to be placed in the
                     <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link>
                     directory.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
                     For performance reasons, creating and placing tarballs of
                     the Git repositories is not the default action by the
                     OpenEmbedded build system.