diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 33b4038834..8a9326cc7f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1248,19 +1248,14 @@
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Use and modify the following
                         skeleton recipe:</emphasis>
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     SUMMARY = ""
+     DESCRIPTION = ""
      HOMEPAGE = ""
      LICENSE = ""
-
+     SECTION = ""
+     DEPENDS = ""
      LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = ""
 
      SRC_URI = ""
-     SRC_URI[md5sum] = ""
-     SRC_URI[sha256sum] = ""
-
-     S = "${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}"
-
-     inherit <replaceable>stuff</replaceable>
                         </literallayout>
                         Modifying this recipe is the recommended method for
                         creating a new recipe.