diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 6795afb12a..e17f1f4fab 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -2700,6 +2700,24 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-utility-tasks'>
+    <title><filename>utility-tasks.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The <filename>utility-tasks</filename> class provides support for
+        various "utility" type tasks that are applicable to all recipes,
+        such as <filename>do_clean</filename> and
+        <filename>do_listtasks</filename>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+        This class is enabled by default because it is inherited by
+        the
+        <link linkend='ref-classes-base'><filename>base</filename></link>
+        class.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-externalsrc'>
     <title><filename>externalsrc.bbclass</filename></title>