diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index 40b245b6d3..a944d0f78e 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ Here are some example URLs::
    SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;tag=version-1"
    SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;protocol=http"
 
+.. note::
+
+   When using ``git`` as the fetcher of the main source code of your software,
+   ``S`` should be set accordingly::
+
+       S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
 .. note::
 
    Specifying passwords directly in ``git://`` urls is not supported.