diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 8facafb74a..c842bc6f98 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1054,6 +1054,23 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='ref-classes-logging'>
+    <title><filename>logging.bbclass</filename></title>
+
+    <para>
+        The logging (<filename>logging</filename>) class provides the standard
+        shell functions used to log messages for various BitBake severity levels
+        (i.e. <filename>bbplain</filename>, <filename>bbnote</filename>,
+        <filename>bbwarn</filename>, <filename>bberror</filename>,
+        <filename>bbfatal</filename>, and <filename>bbdebug</filename>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+        This class is enabled by default since it is inherited by
+        the <filename>base</filename> class.
+    </para>
+</section>
+
 <section id='ref-classes-mime'>
     <title><filename>mime.bbclass</filename></title>