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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 0a34f3637f..235939c6c7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -4719,6 +4719,22 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST'><glossterm>LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST</glossterm>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para>
+                    Lists license flags that when specified in
+                    <link linkend='var-LICENSE_FLAGS'><filename>LICENSE_FLAGS</filename></link>
+                    within a recipe should not prevent that recipe from being
+                    built.
+                    This practice is otherwise known as "whitelisting"
+                    license flags.
+                    For more information, see the
+                    <link linkend='enabling-commercially-licensed-recipes'>Enabling Commercially Licensed Recipes</link>"
+                    section.
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_PATH'><glossterm>LICENSE_PATH</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>Path to additional licenses used during the build.