diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index deb7afad..c2f0cad2 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -1496,6 +1496,17 @@ functionality of the task:
    directory listed is used as the current working directory for the
    task.
 
+- ``[file-checksums]``: Controls the file dependencies for a task. The
+  baseline file list is the set of files associated with
+  :term:`SRC_URI`. May be used to set additional dependencies on
+  files not associated with :term:`SRC_URI`.
+
+  The value set to the list is a pair where the first value is the
+  file name and the second is whether or not it physically exists on
+  the filesystem. ::
+
+    do_configure[file-checksums] += "${MY_DIRPATH}/my-file.txt:True"
+
 -  ``[lockfiles]``: Specifies one or more lockfiles to lock while the
    task executes. Only one task may hold a lockfile, and any task that
    attempts to lock an already locked file will block until the lock is