diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
index da74721c63..2901384412 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
@@ -775,6 +775,17 @@
      $ bitbake linux-yocto
                 </literallayout>
             </para>
+
+            <note>
+                Manually turning off a kernel configuration setting such as 
+                <filename>CONFIG_SMP</filename> can cause the kernel configuration audit
+                to issue warnings during the build. 
+                In this example, warnings appear telling you that the expected value
+                <filename>CONFIG_SMP</filename> does not appear in the <filename>.config</filename>
+                file.
+                Because in this example you specifically turned off <filename>CONFIG_SMP</filename>,
+                you can safely ignore the apparent conflict.
+            </note>
  
             <para>
                 Now run the QEMU emulator and pass it the same multi-processor option as before: