diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index e07a494c66..8754c0516f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3176,13 +3176,14 @@
                 <para>
                     To ensure the module packaging actually gets done, you use
                     the <filename>do_split_packages</filename> function within
-                    the <filename>populate_packages</filename> python function
+                    the <filename>populate_packages</filename> Python function
                     in your recipe.
                     The <filename>do_split_packages</filename> function
                     searches for a pattern of files or directories under a
                     specified path and creates a package for each one it finds
-                    by appending to the <filename>PACKAGES</filename> variable
-                    and setting the appropriate values for
+                    by appending to the 
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></ulink>
+                    variable and setting the appropriate values for
                     <filename>FILES_packagename</filename>,
                     <filename>RDEPENDS_packagename</filename>,
                     <filename>DESCRIPTION_packagename</filename>, and so forth.
@@ -3218,7 +3219,8 @@
                             Thus, if a file in <filename>${libdir}</filename>
                             called <filename>mod_alias.so</filename> is found,
                             a package called <filename>lighttpd-module-alias</filename>
-                            is created for it and the <filename>DESCRIPTION</filename>
+                            is created for it and the 
+                            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DESCRIPTION'><filename>DESCRIPTION</filename></ulink>
                             is set to "Lighttpd module for alias".</para></listitem>
                     </itemizedlist>
                 </para>
@@ -3226,8 +3228,8 @@
                 <para>
                     Often, packaging modules is as simple as the previous
                     example.
-                    However, more advanced options exist that you can employ
-                    to <filename>do_split_packages</filename> to modify its
+                    However, more advanced options exist that you can use
+                    within <filename>do_split_packages</filename> to modify its
                     behavior.
                     And, if you need to, you can add more logic by specifying
                     a hook function that is called for each package.
@@ -3241,7 +3243,8 @@
                     <filename>do_split_packages</filename>, see the
                     <filename>connman.inc</filename> file in the
                     <filename>meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/</filename>
-                    directory of the <filename>poky</filename> source repository.
+                    directory of the <filename>poky</filename> 
+                    <link linkend='yocto-project-repositories'>source repository</link>.
                     You can also find examples in
                     <filename>meta/classes/kernel.bbclass</filename>.
                  </para>