diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index b08f7983f0..56fa17d7d8 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -133,16 +133,16 @@
 
             <para>
                 For example, you can apply a three-patch series by adding the
-                following lines to your linux-yocto <filename>.bbappend</filename>
-                file in your layer:
+                following lines to your linux-yocto
+                <filename>.bbappend</filename> file in your layer:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      SRC_URI += "file://0001-first-change.patch"
-     SRC_URI += "file://0002-first-change.patch"
-     SRC_URI += "file://0003-first-change.patch"
+     SRC_URI += "file://0002-second-change.patch"
+     SRC_URI += "file://0003-third-change.patch"
                 </literallayout>
-                The next time you run BitBake to build the Linux kernel, BitBake
-                detects the change in the recipe and fetches and applies the patches
-                before building the kernel.
+                The next time you run BitBake to build the Linux kernel,
+                BitBake detects the change in the recipe and fetches and
+                applies the patches before building the kernel.
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@
 
             <note>
                 The build system applies the configurations from the
-                <filename>.config</filename> file before applying any
+                <filename>defconfig</filename> file before applying any
                 subsequent configuration fragments.
                 The final kernel configuration is a combination of the
-                configurations in the <filename>.config</filename> file and
+                configurations in the <filename>defconfig</filename> file and
                 any configuration fragments you provide.
                 You need to realize that if you have any configuration
                 fragments, the build system applies these on top of and
-                after applying the existing <filename>.config</filename>
+                after applying the existing <filename>defconfig</filename>
                 file configurations.
             </note>
 
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
 
      WARNING: There were 2 hardware options requested that do not
               have a corresponding value present in the final ".config" file.
-              This probably means you are not't getting the config you wanted.
+              This probably means you are not getting the config you wanted.
               The full list can be found in your kernel src dir at:
               meta/cfg/standard/mybsp/mismatch.cfg
                 </literallayout>