diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 7a29e236c7..b4eb9cf38a 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3045,6 +3045,13 @@
             <section id='manually-bumping-pr'>
                 <title>Manually Bumping PR</title>
 
+                <para>
+                    The alternative to setting up a PR Service is to manually
+                    bump the 
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></ulink>
+                    variable.
+                </para>
+
                 <para>
                     If a committed change results in changing the package output,
                     then the value of the PR variable needs to be increased
@@ -3073,8 +3080,9 @@
                 <para>
                     When upgrading the version of a package, assuming the
                     <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PV'>PV</ulink></filename>
-                    changes, the <filename>PR</filename> variable should be reset to "r0"
-                    (or "$(INC_PR).0" if you are using <filename>INC_PR</filename>).
+                    changes, the <filename>PR</filename> variable should be 
+                    reset to "r0" (or "$(INC_PR).0" if you are using 
+                    <filename>INC_PR</filename>).
                 </para>
 
                 <para>