diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index ec1e8fcc66..5dced8b608 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5384,11 +5384,18 @@
- To enable this behavior, simply add the following to the local.conf
- configuration file found in the
- Build Directory:
+ To enable this behavior, the
+ PV
+ of the recipe needs to reference
+ SRCPV.
+ Here is an example:
- SRCREV_pn-<PN> = "${AUTOREV}"
+ PV = "1.2.3+git${SRCPV}
+
+ Then, you can add the following to your
+ local.conf:
+
+ SRCREV_pn-<PN> = "${AUTOREF}"
PN
is the name of the recipe for which you want to enable automatic source
@@ -5396,7 +5403,16 @@
- In fact, the Yocto Project provides a distribution named
+ If you do not want to update your local configuration file, you can
+ add the following directly to the recipe to finish enabling
+ the feature:
+
+ SRCREV = "${AUTOREV}"
+
+
+
+
+ The Yocto Project provides a distribution named
poky-bleeding, whose configuration
file contains the line: