diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 9783f71952..322ea3c7fd 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -10509,6 +10509,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     and the
                     "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#viewing-package-information-with-oe-pkgdata-util'>Viewing Package Information with <filename>oe-pkgdata-util</filename></ulink>"
                     section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+                    For more information on the shared, global-state directory,
+                    see
+                    <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>