diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 9d27a9a265..7a3917623a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@
  
                        <para>The following transcript shows how to clone the <filename>poky</filename> 
                        Git repository into the current working directory.  
-                       The command creates the repository in a directory named <filename>poky</filename>:
+                       The command creates the repository in a directory named <filename>poky</filename>.
+                       For information on the Yocto Project and Git, see
+                       <xref linkend='git'>Git</xref> in  
+                       <xref linkend='dev-manual-newbie'>Working with Open Source Code</xref>.
                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
      Initialized empty Git repository in /home/scottrif/poky/.git/