diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index 2f6805625b..7572f36788 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -361,12 +361,12 @@
             <itemizedlist>
                 <listitem><para>Use <link linkend='git'>Git</link>
                     as the source control system.</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para>Maintain your metadata in layers that make sense
+                <listitem><para>Maintain your Metadata in layers that make sense
                     for your situation.
                     See the "<link linkend='understanding-and-creating-layers'>Understanding
                     and Creating Layers</link>" section for more information on
                     layers.</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para>Separate the project's metadata and code by using
+                <listitem><para>Separate the project's Metadata and code by using
                     separate Git repositories.
                     See the "<link linkend='yocto-project-repositories'>Yocto Project
                     Source Repositories</link>" section for information on these
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
                     by developers in the same organization and share the
                     same source directories on their machines.
                     </para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para>Set up an autobuilder and have it populate the
+                <listitem><para>Set up an Autobuilder and have it populate the
                     sstate cache and source directories.</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>The Yocto Project community encourages you
                     to send patches to the project to fix bugs or add features.