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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index d7902ca5a2..7b1717ca2e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4191,6 +4191,8 @@
You can find a list of these variables at the top of the
<filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> file in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+ You will also find the default values of the various
+ <filename>FILES_*</filename> variables in this file.
</note>
<para>
@@ -4205,7 +4207,6 @@
variable for information on how to identify these files to
the PMS.
</para>
-
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
@@ -9181,6 +9182,19 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
${PN}-dbg ${PN}-staticdev ${PN}-dev ${PN}-doc ${PN}-locale ${PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN} ${PN}
</literallayout>
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ During packaging, the
+ <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link>
+ task goes through <filename>PACKAGES</filename> and uses
+ the
+ <link linkend='var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></link>
+ variable corresponding to each package to assign files to
+ the package.
+ If a file matches the <filename>FILES</filename> variable
+ for more than one package in <filename>PACKAGES</filename>,
+ it will be assigned to the earliest (leftmost) package.
+ </para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>