diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
index 2acd7f4a97..351e664de2 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@
         <section id='configuring-the-sysroot'>
         <title>Configuring the Sysroot</title>
             <para>
-                Specify the sysroot, which is used by both the QEMU user-space 
-                NFS boot process and by the cross-toolchain regardless of the 
-                mode you select (SDK Root Mode or Poky Tree Mode).  
-                For example, sysroot is the location to which you extract the 
-                downloaded image’s root filesystem to through the ADT Installer.
+                Specify the sysroot location, which is where the root filesystem for the 
+                target hardware is created on the development system by the ADT Installer.
+                The QEMU user-space tools, the 
+                NFS boot process and the cross-toolchain all use the sysroot location
+                regardless of the mode you select (SDK Root Mode or Poky Tree Mode).  
             </para>
         </section>