diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
index 96a1b9cbda..c28bf3addc 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
@@ -419,7 +419,10 @@
             <para>
                 The <filename>SRCREV</filename> statements in the append file currently identify
                 the kernel that supports the Crown Bay BSP with and without EMGD support.
-                Here are the statements: 
+                Here are the statements:
+                <note>The commit ID strings used in this manual might not match the actual commit
+                    ID strings found in the <filename>linux-yocto_3.2.bbappend</filename> file.
+                    For the example, this difference does not matter.</note> 
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      SRCREV_machine_pn-linux-yocto_crownbay ?= \
         "211fc7f4d10ec2b82b424286aabbaff9254b7cbd"