diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index 4abe93f146..b36526e919 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,8 @@
         <para>
             The <filename>-e</filename> option dumps the resulting environment for
             either the configuration (no package specified) or for a
-            specific package when specified with the <filename>-b</filename> option.
+            specific package when specified; or <filename>-b recipename</filename>
+            to show the environment from parsing a single recipe file only.
         </para>
     </section>