diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 5070985afc..4047bae760 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2831,9 +2831,9 @@
        ##COREBASE##/meta-my-software-layer \
        "
                 </literallayout>
-                Creating and providing an archive of the 
-                <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> 
-                (e.g. <filename>poky</filename>) ensures that you have met your 
+                Creating and providing an archive of the metadata layer
+                (recipes, configuration files, and so forth) 
+                ensures that you have met your 
                 requirements to include the scripts to control compilation 
                 as well as any modifications to the original source.
             </para>