diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 14772017fa..7953aa78a8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2643,6 +2643,20 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
+
+        <glossentry id='var-OVERRIDES'><glossterm>OVERRIDES</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    BitBake uses <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to control
+                    what variables are overridden after BitBake parses
+                    recipes and configuration files.
+                    You can find more information on how overrides are handled
+                    in the BitBake Manual that is located at
+                    <filename>bitbake/doc/manual</filename> in the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
     </glossdiv>
 
     <glossdiv id='var-glossary-p'><title>P</title>