diff --git a/meta/conf/documentation.conf b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
index 4c5a5ee8c2..72513296e2 100644
--- a/meta/conf/documentation.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/documentation.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ do_bootimg[doc] = "Creates a bootable live image"
 do_build[doc] = "Default task for a recipe - depends on all other normal tasks required to 'build' a recipe"
 do_bundle_initramfs[doc] = "Combines an initial ramdisk image and kernel together to form a single image"
 do_checkuri[doc] = "Validates the SRC_URI value"
-do_clean[doc] = "Removes all output files for a target"
+do_clean[doc] = "Removes all output files for a target including ${WORKDIR}, sstate manifests and stamps"
 do_cleanall[doc] = "Removes all output files, shared state cache, and downloaded source files for a target"
 do_cleansstate[doc] = "Removes all output files and shared state cache for a target"
 do_compile[doc] = "Compiles the source in the compilation directory"