diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0387dbcf2d..806f4f8f05 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -280,13 +280,13 @@
 
         <glossentry id='var-BPN'><glossterm>BPN</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
-                <para>The bare name of the recipe or package.
-                    This variable is a version of the <link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link> variable 
-                    but has common suffixes and prefixes such as "-native", "-cross" and "multilib" 
-                    removed.
-                    The exact list of suffixes removed is specified by the 
+                <para>The bare name of the recipe.
+                    This variable is a version of the <link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link> variable
+                    but removes common suffixes such as "-native" and "-cross" as well
+                    as removes common prefixes such as multilib's "lib64-" and "lib32-".
+                    The exact list of suffixes removed is specified by the
                     <link linkend='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'><filename>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</filename></link> variable.
-                    The exact list of prefixes removed is specified by the 
+                    The exact list of prefixes removed is specified by the
                     <link linkend='var-MLPREFIX'><filename>MLPREFIX</filename></link> variable.
                     Prefixes are removed for multilib and nativesdk cases.</para>
             </glossdef>