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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index ffc635a1ce..e355217553 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -641,9 +641,8 @@
             A good method for using a download directory is to have
             <filename>DL_DIR</filename> point to an area outside of your
             Build Directory.
-            Doing so allows you to safely delete the Build Directory's
-            <filename>/work/tmp</filename> directory if needed without fear
-            of removing any downloaded source file.
+            Doing so allows you to safely delete the Build Directory
+            if needed without fear of removing any downloaded source file.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -675,7 +674,7 @@
                 Local projects are custom bits of software the user provides.
                 These bits reside somewhere local to a project - perhaps
                 a directory into which the user checks in items (e.g.
-                a local directory that contains tarballs or repositories
+                a local directory containing a development source tree
                 used by the group).
             </para>
 
@@ -684,11 +683,10 @@
                 is to use the
                 <link linkend='ref-classes-externalsrc'><filename>externalsrc.bbclass</filename></link>
                 class to include local project.
-                You use a recipe's append file to override or instruct the
+                You use either the <filename>local.conf</filename> or a
+                recipe's append file to override or set the
                 recipe to point to the local directory on your disk to pull
                 in the whole source tree.
-                Should you ever need to override that, you can use the
-                Build Directory's <filename>local.conf</filename> file.
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -725,6 +723,10 @@
 
             <para>
                 Two kinds of mirrors exist: pre-mirrors and regular mirrors.
+                The <link linkend='var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></link>
+                and
+                <link linkend='var-MIRRORS'><filename>MIRRORS</filename></link>
+                variables point to these, respectively.
                 BitBake checks pre-mirrors before looking upstream for any
                 source files.
                 Pre-mirrors are appropriate when you have a shared directory