diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 93ac31c0d5..ec9b2183e9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1475,8 +1475,8 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this. I need more detail her
To enable a layer, you simply add the layer's path to the
BBLAYERS
variable in your
- bblayers.conf file, which is found in the Yocto Project file's
- build directory.
+ conf/bblayers.conf file, which is found in the
+ Yocto Project Build Directory.
The following example shows how to enable the meta-rt:
LCONF_VERSION = "1"