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 734c7858a..f756c436d 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       Specifies if SSL certificates should be checked when fetching. The default
       value is ``1`` and certificates are not checked if the value is set to ``0``.
 
+   :term:`BB_CMDLINE`
+        :term:'BB_CMDLINE' is an internal variable and is read-only.It captures the exact
+        command line used for the current invocation of BitBake.
+      
    :term:`BB_HASH_CODEPARSER_VALS`
       Specifies values for variables to use when populating the codeparser cache.
       This can be used selectively to set dummy values for variables to avoid