diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 989437c6c0..065cf27d83 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -369,10 +369,12 @@
                 <filename>scp</filename> commands.
                 The <filename>core-image-minimal</filename> QEMU image, however, contains no ssh 
                 server.</para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para>The QEMU images also can be contain an embedded Network File
-                System (NFS) server that exports the image's root filesystem.
-                This allows you to make the filesystem available to the 
-                host.</para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para>You can use a provided, user-space NFS server to boot the QEMU session 
+                using a local copy of the root filesystem on the host.
+                In order to make this connection, you must extract a root filesystem tarball by using the 
+                <filename>runqemu-extract-sdk</filename> command.
+                After running the command, you must then point the <filename>runqemu</filename>
+                script to the extracted directory instead of a root filesystem image file.</para></listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
     </note>
 </section>