diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 7dfedd93b0..1f41d1e935 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -579,14 +579,14 @@
      $ cd ~
      $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
      $ cd poky
-     $ git checkout &DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION; -b &DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION;
+     $ git checkout -b my-&DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION; &DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION;
             </literallayout>
             In this example, the name of the top-level directory of your local Yocto Project 
             Files Git repository is <filename>poky</filename>.
             And, the name of the local branch you have created and checked out is
-            <filename>&DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION;</filename>.
+            <filename>my-&DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION;</filename>.
             The files in your repository now exactly match the Yocto Project &DISTRO;
-            Release tag (&DISTRO_NAME;).
+            Release tag (<filename>&DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION;</filename>).
             It is important to understand that when you create and checkout a local 
             working branch based on a tag, your environment matches a specific point 
             in time and not a development branch.