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 06bd53619..c459ed3af 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ overview of their function and contents.
       search the main :term:`SRC_URI` or
       :term:`MIRRORS`.
 
+   :term:`BB_FETCH_METHOD_HTTP`
+      When set to "curl", cause BitBake's fetcher to use curl method for
+      downloading web artifacts via http, https, ftp or ftps.
+      When not set (default) or set to "wget", wget method is used.
+
    :term:`BB_FILENAME`
       Contains the filename of the recipe that owns the currently running
       task. For example, if the ``do_fetch`` task that resides in the