diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
index 12cb20eb46..6470c9a034 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,27 @@
                 <filename>poky-extras</filename> Git Repository</link>" 
                 for information on how to get the <filename>poky-extras</filename> repository.
             </para>
+
+            <para>
+                Once you have the repository set up, 
+                you have many development branches from which you can work. 
+                From inside the repository you can see the branch names and the tag names used 
+                in the Git repository using either of the following two commands:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ cd poky
+     $ git branch -a
+     $ git tag -l
+                </literallayout> 
+                This example uses the Yocto Project 1.1.1 Release code named "edison", 
+                which maps to the <filename>edison</filename> branch in the repository. 
+                The following commands create and checkout the local <filename>edison</filename>
+                branch:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ git checkout -b edison origin/edison
+     Branch edison set up to track remote branch edison from origin.
+     Switched to a new branch 'edison'
+                </literallayout>
+            </para>
         </section>
 
         <section id='setting-up-the-bare-clone-and-its-copy'>