diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst b/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst
index 9a50d7fc54..3733997fac 100644
--- a/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst
+++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/extensible.rst
@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ The extensible SDK supports two different development modes.
       IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " my-recipe"
 
    Assuming the BitBake environment is set up correctly and a workspace has
-   been created for the recipe using ``devtool modify my-recipe``, the
+   been created for the recipe using ``devtool modify my-recipe`` or probably
+   even better by using ``devtool modify my-recipe --debug-build``, the
    following command can create the SDK and the configuration for VSCode in
    the recipe workspace::
 
@@ -786,8 +787,8 @@ The extensible SDK supports two different development modes.
    .. code-block:: sh
 
       # Create the SDK
-      devtool modify cmake-example
-      devtool ide-sdk cmake-example core-image-minimal -c --debug-build-config --ide=none
+      devtool modify cmake-example --debug-build
+      devtool ide-sdk cmake-example core-image-minimal -c --ide=none
 
       # Install the firmware on a target device or start QEMU
       runqemu