diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
index 50a0049ab5..fc44d022da 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-bsp-appendix.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ cd ~/poky
      $ git fetch --tags
-     $ git checkout &DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION; -b &DISTRO_NAME;
+     $ git checkout -b &DISTRO_NAME;-&POKYVERSION; origin/&DISTRO_NAME;
      Switched to a new branch '&DISTRO_NAME;'
         </literallayout>
         The <filename>git fetch --tags</filename> is somewhat redundant since you just set