diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 018bc52199..fe198119b7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
      # We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
      BBPATH := "${LAYERDIR}:${BBPATH}"
 
-     # We have a packages directory, add to BBFILES
+     # We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
      BBFILES := "${BBFILES} ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb \
                  ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"