diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
index 46adc97863..52734bf4d1 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@
                         <para>Once you are satisfied with the configuration changes made using 
                         <filename>menuconfig</filename>, you can directly examine the 
                         <filename>.config</filename> file against a saved original and gather those
-                        changes into a config fragment to be placed inside a  
-                        <filename>.bbappend</filename></para></listitem>                      
+                        changes into a config fragment to be referenced from within the kernel's   
+                        <filename>.bbappend</filename> file.</para></listitem>                      
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Add or extend kernel recipes if applicable</emphasis>:  
                         The standard 
                         layer structure organizes recipe files inside the