diff --git a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index 593de61..40b245b 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
 make any attempted network access a fatal error, which is useful for
 checking that mirrors are complete as well as other things.
 
+If :term:`BB_CHECK_SSL_CERTS` is set to ``0`` then SSL certificate checking will
+be disabled. This variable defaults to ``1`` so SSL certificates are normally
+checked.
+
 .. _bb-the-unpack:
 
 The Unpack
diff --git a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 6283c26..2392ec4 100644
--- a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
       fetcher does not attempt to use the host listed in :term:`SRC_URI` after
       a successful fetch from the :term:`PREMIRRORS` occurs.
 
+   :term:`BB_CHECK_SSL_CERTS`
+      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_CONSOLELOG`
       Specifies the path to a log file into which BitBake's user interface
       writes output during the build.