diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
index 74406ffcb8..d619056355 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/faq.xml
@@ -477,25 +477,27 @@
TCMODE variable.
This variable controls which tcmode-*.inc file to include
from the meta/conf/distro/include directory within the
- Yocto Project Files.
+ source directory.
+
The default value of TCMODE is "default"
- (i.e. tcmode-default.inc.
+ (i.e. tcmode-default.inc).
However, other patterns are accepted.
In particular, "external-*" refers to external toolchains of which there are some
- basic examples included with the core.
- A user can use their own custom toolchain definition in their own layer
+ basic examples included in the OpenEmbedded Core (meta).
+ You can use your own custom toolchain definition in your own layer
(or as defined in the local.conf file) at the location
conf/distro/include/tcmode-*.inc.
+
In addition to the toolchain configuration, you also need a corresponding toolchain recipe file.
This recipe file needs to package up any pre-built objects in the toolchain such as
libgcc, libstdcc++,
- any locales and libc.
- An example is the external-csl-toolchain_2008q3-72.bb, which reuses the core
- libc packaging class to do most of the work.
+ any locales, and libc.
+ An example is the external-sourcery-toolchain.bb, which is located
+ in meta/recipes-core/meta/ within the source directory.