diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
index bc638dcc40..17ff5c7877 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-intro.xml
@@ -339,9 +339,17 @@
 
         <para>
             The following command shows how to create a local copy of the
-            <filename>linux-yocto-4.4</filename> kernel:
+            <filename>linux-yocto-4.9</filename> kernel:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-4.4 linux-yocto-4.4.git
+     $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-4.9 linux-yocto-4.9.git
+     Cloning into 'linux-yocto-4.9.git'...
+     remote: Counting objects: 5094108, done.
+     remote: Compressing objects: 100% (765113/765113), done.
+     remote: Total 5094108 (delta 4294009), reused 5088388 (delta 4288312)
+     Receiving objects: 100% (5094108/5094108), 1.02 GiB | 7.82 MiB/s, done.
+     Resolving deltas: 100% (4294009/4294009), done.
+     Checking connectivity... done.
+     Checking out files: 100% (56233/56233), done.
             </literallayout>
         </para>
     </section>