diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index a5cefe499f..76f50345e3 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -4352,7 +4352,7 @@ Gateways via their Web Interfaces</ulink>"</emphasis>
 
         <para>
             The OpenEmbedded build system uses the environment variable
-            <filename>TEMPLATECONF</filename> locate the directory
+            <filename>TEMPLATECONF</filename> to locate the directory
             from which it gathers configuration information that ultimately
             ends up in the
             <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory's</link>
@@ -4362,8 +4362,8 @@ Gateways via their Web Interfaces</ulink>"</emphasis>
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      TEMPLATECONF=${TEMPLATECONF:-meta-yocto/conf}
             </literallayout>
-            This is the directory that the build system finds templates
-            with which to build some key configuration files.
+            This is the directory used by the build system to find templates
+            from which to build some key configuration files.
             If you look at this directory, you will see the
             <filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename>,
             <filename>local.conf.sample</filename>, and