diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 65e17e24a0..169f3072ef 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -334,9 +334,14 @@
                 For a discussion on BSP Layers, see the
                 "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-layers'>BSP Layers</ulink>"
                 section in the Yocto Project Board Support Packages (BSP) Developer's Guide.</para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para id='metadata'><emphasis>Metadata:</emphasis> The files that BitBake parses when
-                building an image.
-                Metadata includes recipes, classes, and configuration files.</para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para id='metadata'><emphasis>Metadata:</emphasis>
+                The files that BitBake parses when building an image.
+                In general, Metadata includes recipes, classes, and
+                configuration files.
+                In the context of the kernel ("kernel Metadata"),
+                it refers to metadata in the <filename>meta</filename>
+                branches of the kernel source Git repositories.
+                </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para id='oe-core'><emphasis>OE-Core:</emphasis> A core set of metadata originating
                 with OpenEmbedded (OE) that is shared between OE and the Yocto Project.
                 This metadata is found in the <filename>meta</filename> directory of the source