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@@ -406,38 +406,34 @@
     <title>Yocto Project Source Repositories</title>
 
     <para>
-        The Yocto Project team maintains complete source repositories for all Yocto Project files
-        at <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.
-        This web-based source code browser is organized into categories by function such as
-        IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Yocto Linux Kernel, and so forth.
-        From the interface, you can click on any particular item in the "Name" column and
-        see the URL at the bottom of the page that you need to clone a Git repository for
-        that particular item.
-        Having a local Git repository of the Source Directory (poky) allows you to
-        make changes, contribute to the history, and ultimately enhance the Yocto Project's
-        tools, Board Support Packages, and so forth.
+        The Yocto Project team maintains complete source repositories for all
+        Yocto Project files at
+        <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.
+        This web-based source code browser is organized into categories by
+        function such as IDE Plugins, Matchbox, Poky, Yocto Linux Kernel, and
+        so forth.
+        From the interface, you can click on any particular item in the "Name"
+        column and see the URL at the bottom of the page that you need to clone
+        a Git repository for that particular item.
+        Having a local Git repository of the Source Directory (poky) allows
+        you to make changes, contribute to the history, and ultimately enhance
+        the Yocto Project's tools, Board Support Packages, and so forth.
     </para>
 
     <para>
-        Conversely, if you are a developer that is not interested in contributing back to the
-        Yocto Project, you have the ability to simply download and extract release tarballs
-        and use them within the Yocto Project environment.
-        All that is required is a particular release of the Yocto Project and
-        your application source code.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-        For any supported release of Yocto Project, you can go to the
+        For any supported release of Yocto Project, you can also go to the
         <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project Website</ulink> and
-        select the "Downloads" tab and get a tarball of the release.
-        You can also go to this site to download any supported BSP tarballs.
-        Unpacking the tarball gives you a hierarchical Source Directory that lets you develop
-        using the Yocto Project.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-        Once you are set up through either tarball extraction or a checkout of Git repositories,
-        you are ready to develop.
+        select the "Downloads" tab and get a released tarball of the
+        <filename>poky</filename> repository or any supported BSP tarballs.
+        Unpacking these tarballs gives you a snapshot of the released
+        files.
+        <note>
+            The recommended method for setting up the Yocto Project
+            <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> and the
+            files for supported BSPs (<filename>meta-intel</filename>) is to
+            use <link linkend='git'>Git</link> to create a local copy of the
+            upstream repositories.
+        </note>
     </para>
 
     <para>