diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index c842bc6f98..6ac7142fc3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1071,6 +1071,16 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-meta'>
+    <title><filename>meta.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The Metadata (<filename>meta</filename>) class is inherited by recipes
+        that do not build any output packages themselves, but act as a "meta"
+        target for building other recipes.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-mime'>
     <title><filename>mime.bbclass</filename></title>