diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 4ff68d4bc7..1e8170ed31 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@
 
             <para>
                 As an example, consider the main formfactor recipe and a corresponding formfactor 
-                append file both from the Yocto Project Files.
+                append file both from the 
+                <link linkend='yocto-project-files'>Yocto Project Files</link>.
                 Here is the main formfactor recipe, which is named <filename>formfactor_0.0.bb</filename> and  
                 located in the meta layer at <filename>meta/bsp-recipes/formfactor</filename>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
@@ -301,12 +302,12 @@
                 </literallayout>
                 This example adds or overrides files in 
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink>
-                within a bbappend by extending the path BitBake uses to search for files. 
+                within a <filename>.bbappend</filename> by extending the path BitBake uses to search for files. 
                 The most reliable way to do this is by prepending the 
                 <filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename> variable.
                 For example, if you have your files in a directory that is named the same as your package 
                 (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></ulink>),
-                you can add this directory by adding the following to your bbappend file:
+                you can add this directory by adding the following to your <filename>.bbappend</filename> file:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
                 </literallayout>