diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index 83d5db3f6e..9a55d7f555 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -14,20 +14,17 @@
     out-of-tree modules.
 </para>
 
-    <section id='preparing-a-layer'>
-        <title>Preparing a Layer</title>
+    <section id='creating-and-preparing-a-layer'>
+        <title>Creating and Preparing a Layer</title>
 
         <para>
-            Customizing kernel recipes is best done in your own custom layer.
-            Your layer will have its own BitBake append files
-            (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) and provide a convenient
-            mechanism to create your own recipe files (<filename>.bb</filename>).
-        </para>
-
-        <para>
-            This guide is written with the assumption that you will be working
-            from within your custom layer that is independent from layers
-            released with the Yocto Project.
+            If you are going to be modifying kernel recipes, it is recommended
+            that you create and prepare your own layer in which to do your
+            work.
+            Your layer contains its own BitBake append files
+            (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) and provides a convenient
+            mechanism to create your own recipe files
+            (<filename>.bb</filename>).
             For details on how to create and work with layers, see the following
             sections in the Yocto Project Development Manual:
             <itemizedlist>
@@ -38,20 +35,6 @@
                     development.</para></listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
         </para>
-
-        <para>
-        Original text:
-            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-Customizing recipes is best done in a layer with bbappend files. Layers also
-provide a convenient mechanism to create your own recipes. This guide assumes
-you will be working from within a layer independent from those released with the
-Yocto Project. For details on how to create and work with layers, refer to
-section 5.1 Understanding and Creating Layers in the Yocto Project Development
-Manual.
-
-(Kernel specific directions in 5.7.4)
-            </literallayout>
-        </para>
     </section>
 
     <section id='modifying-an-existing-recipe'>