diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 2319be1d84..4696dd5d76 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1935,7 +1935,9 @@
                 fetched.
                 Any files mentioned in <filename>SRC_URI</filename> whose
                 names end in <filename>.patch</filename> or
-                <filename>.diff</filename> are treated as patches.
+                <filename>.diff</filename> or compressed versions of these
+                suffixes (e.g. <filename>diff.gz</filename> are treated as
+                patches.
                 The
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-patch'><filename>do_patch</filename></ulink>
                 task automatically applies these patches.
@@ -1959,7 +1961,9 @@
                 using <filename>file://</filename>, you should place
                 patch files in a directory next to the recipe either
                 named the same as the base name of the recipe
-                (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BPN'><filename>BPN</filename></ulink>),
+                (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BP'><filename>BP</filename></ulink>
+                and
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BPN'><filename>BPN</filename></ulink>)
                 or "files".
             </para>
         </section>