diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
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@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@
                 <para>As an example, the following transcript shows how to create the bare clone
                 of the <filename>linux-yocto-3.0</filename> kernel and then create a copy of 
                 that clone.
+                <note>If you currently have a local Linux Yocto kernel Git repository, you can 
+                reference this local repository rather than the upstream Git repository as 
+                part of the <filename>clone</filename> command.
+                Doing so can speed up the process.</note>
                 The bare clone is named <filename>linux-yocto-3.0.git</filename>, while the 
                 copy is named <filename>linux-yocto-3.0</filename>: 
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>