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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.rst
index 56ec8562f8..70feadf1ff 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-images.rst
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ image you want.
    Building an image without GNU General Public License Version 3
    (GPLv3), GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3 (LGPLv3), and
    the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3 (AGPL-3.0) components
-   is only supported for minimal and base images. Furthermore, if you
-   are going to build an image using non-GPLv3 and similarly licensed
-   components, you must make the following changes in the ``local.conf``
-   file before using the BitBake command to build the minimal or base
-   image:
-   ::
+   is only tested for core-image-minimal image. Furthermore, if you would like to
+   build an image and verify that it does not include GPLv3 and similarly licensed
+   components, you must make the following changes in the image recipe
+   file before using the BitBake command to build the image:
 
-           1. Comment out the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES line
-           2. Set INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPL-3.0 LGPL-3.0 AGPL-3.0"
+       INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE = "GPL-3.0* LGPL-3.0*"
 
+   Alternatively, you can adjust ``local.conf`` file, repeating and adjusting the line
+   for all images where the license restriction must apply:
+
+       INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE_pn-your-image-name = "GPL-3.0* LGPL-3.0*"
 
 From within the ``poky`` Git repository, you can use the following
 command to display the list of directories within the :term:`Source Directory`