diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index e7e7b9ef97..7330247819 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -621,16 +621,18 @@
                 The following example shows how to enable a layer named
                 <filename>meta-mylayer</filename>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     LCONF_VERSION = "6"
+     # POKY_BBLAYERS_CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/bblayers.conf
+     # changes incompatibly
+     POKY_BBLAYERS_CONF_VERSION = "2"
 
      BBPATH = "${TOPDIR}"
      BBFILES ?= ""
 
      BBLAYERS ?= " \
-       $HOME/poky/meta \
-       $HOME/poky/meta-poky \
-       $HOME/poky/meta-yocto-bsp \
-       $HOME/poky/meta-mylayer \
+       /home/<replaceable>user</replaceable>/poky/meta \
+       /home/<replaceable>user</replaceable>/poky/meta-poky \
+       /home/<replaceable>user</replaceable>/poky/meta-yocto-bsp \
+       /home/<replaceable>user</replaceable>/poky/meta-mylayer \
        "
                 </literallayout>
             </para>
@@ -13638,9 +13640,9 @@ Some notes from Cal:
                 layers are included in the <filename>bblayers.conf</filename>
                 file automatically:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     # LAYER_CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/bblayers.conf
+     # POKY_BBLAYERS_CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/bblayers.conf
      # changes incompatibly
-     LCONF_VERSION = "6"
+     POKY_BBLAYERS_CONF_VERSION = "2"
 
      BBPATH = "${TOPDIR}"
      BBFILES ?= ""