diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 68ac032949..2d16019caa 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -14321,9 +14321,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     When the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a check for
-                    what the latest upstream version is by calling
-                    <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>.
+                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe
+                    check for what the latest upstream source code version is
+                    by calling
+                    <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>.
                     If the recipe source code is provided from Git
                     repositories, the OpenEmbedded build system determines the
                     latest upstream version by picking the latest tag from the
@@ -14371,9 +14372,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     When the
                     <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
-                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a check for what
-                    the latest upstream version is by calling
-                    <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>.
+                    class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe
+                    check for what the latest upstream source code version is
+                    by calling <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>
+                    <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>.
                     If the source code is provided from tarballs, the latest
                     version is determined by fetching the directory listing
                     where the tarball is and attempting to find a later tarball.