diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 0c1306d145..219594f94f 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -7611,13 +7611,18 @@
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    As described below in the
-                    "<link linkend='runtime-package-management-target-ipk'>Using IPK</link>"
-                    section, if you are using IPK as your package format, you
-                    can make use of the
-                    <filename>distro-feed-configs</filename> recipe provided
-                    by <filename>meta-oe</filename> in order to configure your
-                    target to use your IPK databases.
+                    You can use the
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>,
+                    and
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+                    variables to pre-configure target images to use a package
+                    feed.
+                    If you do not define these variables, then manual steps
+                    as described in the subsequent sections are necessary to
+                    configure the target.
+                    You should set these variables before building the image
+                    in order to produce a correctly configured image.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -7686,7 +7691,13 @@
                         The <filename>smart</filename> application performs
                         runtime package management of RPM packages.
                         You must perform an initial setup for
-                        <filename>smart</filename> on the target machine.
+                        <filename>smart</filename> on the target machine
+                        if the
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+                        variables have not been set or the target image was
+                        built before the variables were set.
                     </para>
 
                     <para>
@@ -7720,7 +7731,13 @@
                         The <filename>opkg</filename> application performs
                         runtime package management of IPK packages.
                         You must perform an initial setup for
-                        <filename>opkg</filename> on the target machine.
+                        <filename>opkg</filename> on the target machine
+                        if the
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+                        variables have not been set or the target image was
+                        built before the variables were set.
                     </para>
 
                     <para>
@@ -7769,7 +7786,13 @@
                         This application uses a source list file to find
                         available package databases.
                         You must perform an initial setup for
-                        <filename>apt</filename> on the target machine.
+                        <filename>apt</filename> on the target machine
+                        if the
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+                        variables have not been set or the target image was
+                        built before the variables were set.
                     </para>
 
                     <para>