diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 477443e22..3364e57a8 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -533,11 +533,18 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       version 4.20 expose under ``/proc/pressure``. The threshold represents
       the difference in "total" pressure from the previous second. The
       minimum value is 1.0 (extremely slow builds) and the maximum is
-      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached).
+      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached). See
+      https://docs.kernel.org/accounting/psi.html for more information.
 
-      This threshold can be set in ``conf/local.conf`` as::
+      A default value to limit the CPU pressure to be set in ``conf/local.conf``
+      could be::
+
+         BB_PRESSURE_MAX_CPU = "15000"
+
+      Multiple values should be tested on the build host to determine what suits
+      best, depending on the need for performances versus load average during
+      the build.
 
-         BB_PRESSURE_MAX_CPU = "500"
 
    :term:`BB_PRESSURE_MAX_IO`
       Specifies a maximum I/O pressure threshold, above which BitBake's
@@ -549,12 +556,22 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       version 4.20 expose under ``/proc/pressure``. The threshold represents
       the difference in "total" pressure from the previous second. The
       minimum value is 1.0 (extremely slow builds) and the maximum is
-      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached).
+      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached). See
+      https://docs.kernel.org/accounting/psi.html for more information.
 
       At this point in time, experiments show that IO pressure tends to
       be short-lived and regulating just the CPU with
       :term:`BB_PRESSURE_MAX_CPU` can help to reduce it.
 
+      A default value to limit the I/O pressure to be set in ``conf/local.conf``
+      could be::
+
+         BB_PRESSURE_MAX_IO = "15000"
+
+      Multiple values should be tested on the build host to determine what suits
+      best, depending on the need for performances versus I/O usage during the
+      build.
+
    :term:`BB_PRESSURE_MAX_MEMORY`
 
       Specifies a maximum memory pressure threshold, above which BitBake's
@@ -566,7 +583,8 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       version 4.20 expose under ``/proc/pressure``. The threshold represents
       the difference in "total" pressure from the previous second. The
       minimum value is 1.0 (extremely slow builds) and the maximum is
-      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached).
+      1000000 (a pressure value unlikely to ever be reached). See
+      https://docs.kernel.org/accounting/psi.html for more information.
 
       Memory pressure is experienced when time is spent swapping,
       refaulting pages from the page cache or performing direct reclaim.
@@ -574,6 +592,15 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       might be useful as a last resort to prevent OOM errors if they are
       occurring during builds.
 
+      A default value to limit the memory pressure to be set in
+      ``conf/local.conf`` could be::
+
+         BB_PRESSURE_MAX_MEMORY = "15000"
+
+      Multiple values should be tested on the build host to determine what suits
+      best, depending on the need for performances versus memory consumption
+      during the build.
+
    :term:`BB_RUNFMT`
       Specifies the name of the executable script files (i.e. run files)
       saved into ``${``\ :term:`T`\ ``}``. By default, the