diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 971a63655e..8dfaa7b0fb 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -477,12 +477,12 @@
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                The other method for creating a custom image is to modify an existing image. 
-                For example, if a developer wants to add <filename>strace</filename> into 
-                the <filename>core-image-sato</filename> image, they can use the following recipe:
+                The other method for creating a custom image is to base it on an existing image. 
+                For example, if you want to create an image based on <filename>core-image-sato</filename>
+                but add the additional package <filename>strace</filename> to the image, 
+                copy the <filename>meta/recipes-sato/images/core-image-sato.bb</filename> to a 
+                new <filename>.bb</filename> and add the following line to the end of the copy:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     require core-image-sato.bb
-
      IMAGE_INSTALL += "strace"
                 </literallayout>
             </para>