diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 793b4c78c6..89e98daf8b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1993,10 +1993,17 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this.  I need more detail her
     <section id='excluding-packages-from-the-build'>
         <title>Excluding Packages From the Build</title>
 
+        <para>
+            You might find that there are groups of recipes you want to filter 
+            out of the build process.
+            For example, recipes you know you will never use or want should not 
+            be part of the build.
+            Removing these recipes from parsing speeds up parts of the build.
+        </para>
+
         <para>
             It is possible to filter or mask out <filename>.bb</filename> and 
-            <filename>.bbappend</filename> files such that BitBake ignores them during 
-            the build.  
+            <filename>.bbappend</filename> files. 
             You can do this by providing an expression with the 
             <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'>BBMASK</ulink></filename> 
             variable. 
@@ -2006,7 +2013,7 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this.  I need more detail her
             </literallayout>
             Here, all <filename>.bb</filename> and <filename>.bbappend</filename> files
             in the directory that match the expression are ignored during the build
-            process - BitBake does not even parse them.
+            process.
         </para>
     </section>
 </chapter>