diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
index 260e1f18a0..3d0cfd42fb 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
@@ -709,6 +709,45 @@
     </para>
 </section>
 
+<section id='optionally-using-an-external-toolchain'>
+    <title>Optionally Using an External Toolchain</title>
+
+    <para>
+        You might want to use an external toolchain as part of your
+        development.
+        If this is the case, the fundamental steps you need to accomplish
+        are as follows:
+        <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem><para>
+                Understand where the installed toolchain resides.
+                For cases where you need to build the external toolchain, you
+                would need to take separate steps to build and install the
+                toolchain.
+                </para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para>
+                Make sure you add the layer that contains the toolchain to
+                your <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file through the
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBLAYERS'><filename>BBLAYERS</filename></ulink>
+                variable.
+                </para></listitem>
+            <listitem><para>
+                Set the
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN'><filename>EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN</filename></ulink>
+                variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file
+                to the location in which you installed the toolchain.
+                </para></listitem>
+        </itemizedlist>
+        A good example of an external toolchain used with the Yocto Project
+        is <trademark class='registered'>Mentor Graphics</trademark>
+        Sourcery G++ Toolchain.
+        You can see information on how to use that particular layer in the
+        <filename>README</filename> file at
+        <ulink url='http://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/'></ulink>.
+        You can find further information by reading about the
+        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TCMODE'><filename>TCMODE</filename></ulink>
+        variable in the Yocto Project Reference Manual's variable glossary.
+    </para>
+</section>
 </chapter>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 8f0d8917b5..971a89806d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -11141,35 +11141,41 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    With additional layers, it is possible to use a pre-compiled
-                    external toolchain.
-                    One example is the Sourcery G++ Toolchain.
-                    The support for this toolchain resides in the separate
-                    <filename>meta-sourcery</filename> layer at
-                    <ulink url='http://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/'></ulink>.
-                    You can use <filename>meta-sourcery</filename> as a
-                    template for adding support for other external toolchains.
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    The <filename>TCMODE</filename> variable points the build
-                    system to a file in
-                    <filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-${TCMODE}.inc</filename>.
-                    Thus, for <filename>meta-sourcery</filename>,
-                    which has <filename>conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-sourcery.inc</filename>,
-                    you would set the variable as follows:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     TCMODE ?= "external-sourcery"
-                    </literallayout>
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    The variable is similar to
+                    The <filename>TCMODE</filename> variable is similar to
                     <link linkend='var-TCLIBC'><filename>TCLIBC</filename></link>,
                     which controls the variant of the GNU standard C library
                     (<filename>libc</filename>) used during the build process:
                     <filename>glibc</filename> or <filename>uclibc</filename>.
                 </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    With additional layers, it is possible to use a pre-compiled
+                    external toolchain.
+                    One example is the Sourcery G++ Toolchain.
+                    The support for this toolchain resides in the separate
+                    <trademark class='registered'>Mentor Graphics</trademark>
+                    <filename>meta-sourcery</filename> layer at
+                    <ulink url='http://github.com/MentorEmbedded/meta-sourcery/'></ulink>.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    The layer's <filename>README</filename> file contains
+                    information on how to use the Sourcery G++ Toolchain as
+                    an external toolchain.
+                    In summary, you must be sure to add the layer to your
+                    <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file in front of the
+                    <filename>meta</filename> layer and then set the
+                    <link linkend='var-EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN'><filename>EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN</filename></link>
+                    variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file
+                    to the location in which you installed the toolchain.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    The fundamentals used for this example apply to any
+                    external toolchain.
+                    You can use <filename>meta-sourcery</filename> as a
+                    template for adding support for other external toolchains.
+                </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>