diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
index a3e61cb6c2..a82d998ff4 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-model.xml
@@ -1470,7 +1470,14 @@
                             the "Clone from Yocto Git Repository" box, which
                             would execute a <filename>git clone</filename>
                             command to get the project's Metadata files.
-                            </para></listitem>
+                            <note>
+                                Do not specify your Eclipse workspace as your
+                                Bitbake Commander project location.
+                                Doing so causes an error indicating that the
+                                current project overlaps the location of
+                                another project.
+                                This error occurs even if no such project exits.
+                            </note></para></listitem>
                         <listitem><para>Select <filename>Finish</filename> to
                             create the project.</para></listitem>
                     </orderedlist>