The Reference Manualof the ACUCOBOL-GT documentation includes the following.
| Introduction | An overview of the Reference Manual and information on the conventions used. |
| Program Structure | Describes the overall structure of a COBOL program and provides basic information about the format of user-defined words, literals, and source code. |
| Identification Division | Gives a detailed description of the COBOL Identification Division. |
| Environment Division | Describes the COBOL Environment Division. |
| Data Division | Describes the COBOL Data Division. |
| Procedure Division | Describes the COBOL Procedure Division. This also contains a complete discussion of all the verbs used by ACUCOBOL-GT. |