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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
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--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
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@@ -585,6 +585,16 @@ variable.
EXTRA_OEMAKE:prepend:task-compile = "${PARALLEL_MAKE} "
+.. note::
+
+ Before BitBake 1.52 (Honister 3.4), the syntax for :term:`OVERRIDES`
+ used ``_`` instead of ``:``, so you will still find a lot of documentation
+ using ``_append``, ``_prepend``, and ``_remove``, for example.
+
+ For details, see the
+ :yocto_docs:`Overrides Syntax Changes </migration-guides/migration-3.4.html#override-syntax-changes>`
+ section in the Yocto Project manual migration notes.
+
Key Expansion
-------------