diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 0954c0ff50..ec34f1ad78 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
             <listitem><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Release:</emphasis>  You need a release of the Yocto Project.  
                 You can get set up with local Yocto Project files one of two ways depending on whether you 
                 are going to be contributing back into the Yocto Project source repository or not.
+                <note>
+                    Regardless of the method you use, this manual will refer to the resulting 
+                    hierarchical set of files as "the local Yocto Project files."
+                </note>
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Tarball Extraction:</emphasis>  If you are not going to contribute 
                         back into the Yocto Project you can simply download the Yocto Project release you want