diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 21e4623446..64ac3a7eea 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -368,6 +368,18 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-chrpath'>
+    <title><filename>chrpath.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The change runtime search path (<filename>chrpath</filename>) class
+        is a wrapper around the "chrpath" utility, which is used during the
+        build process for <filename>nativesdk</filename> recipes to change
+        <filename>RPATH</filename> records within binaries in order to make
+        them relocatable.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-ccache'>
     <title><filename>ccache.bbclass</filename></title>