diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 9194d76cf9..939ccef590 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
                 See the <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/yocto-quick-start/yocto-project-qs.html#packages'>
                 The Packages</ulink> section in the Yocto Project Quick start for the exact package 
                 requirements.</para></listitem>
-            <listitem id='local-yp-release'><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Release:</emphasis>  You need a release of the Yocto Project.  
+            <listitem id='local-yp-release'><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Release:</emphasis>  
+                You need a release of the Yocto Project.  
                 You can get set up with local Yocto Project files one of two ways depending on whether you 
                 are going to be contributing back into the Yocto Project source repository or not.
                 <note>
@@ -105,7 +106,24 @@
                         wiki page</ulink>, which describes how to create both <filename>poky</filename>
                         and <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repositories.</para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist></para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para><emphasis>Supported Board Support Packages (BSPs):</emphasis>  The same considerations 
+            <listitem id='local-kernel-files'><para><emphasis>Linux Yocto Kernel:</emphasis>  
+                If you are going to be making modifications to a supported Linux Yocto kernel you 
+                need a local copy of these files.
+                Creating a local Git repository of the files allows you access to the files locally 
+                and gives you opportunity to contribute changes upstream to the Yocto Project.</para>
+                <para>As an example, the following transcript shows how to clone the 
+                <filename>linux-yocto-2.6.37</filename> kernel Git repository: 
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-2.6.37
+     Initialized empty Git repository in /home/scottrif/linux-yocto-2.6.37/.git/
+     remote: Counting objects: 1886034, done.
+     remote: Compressing objects: 100% (314326/314326), done.
+     remote: Total 1886034 (delta 1570200), reused 1870337 (delta 1554798)
+     Receiving objects: 100% (1886034/1886034), 401.51 MiB | 3.99 MiB/s, done.
+     Resolving deltas: 100% (1570200/1570200), done.
+     Checking out files: 100% (35188/35188), done.
+                </literallayout></para></listitem>
+           <listitem><para><emphasis>Supported Board Support Packages (BSPs):</emphasis>  The same considerations 
                 exist for BSPs.  
                 You can get set up for BSP development one of two ways: tarball extraction or
                 with a local Git repository.