diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -6009,35 +6009,20 @@
                                     for copying on the target such as small
                                     files written in C for compilation.
                                     </para></listitem>
-                                <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>qemu</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                    Provides access to the
-                                    <filename>QemuRunner</filename> object,
-                                    which is the class that boots the image.
-                                    The <filename>qemu</filename> attribute
-                                    provides the following useful attributes:
+                                <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>target</filename>:</emphasis>
+                                    The target controller object used to deploy
+                                    and start an image on a particular target
+                                    (e.g. QemuTarget, SimpleRemote, and
+                                    GummibootTarget).
+                                    Tests usually use the following:
                                     <itemizedlist>
                                         <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>ip</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                            The machine's IP address.
+                                            The target's IP address.
                                             </para></listitem>
-                                        <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>host_ip</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                            The host IP address, which is only
-                                            used by smart tests.
-                                            </para></listitem>
-                                    </itemizedlist></para></listitem>
-                                <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>target</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                    The <filename>SSHControl</filename> object,
-                                    which is used for running the following
-                                    commands on the image:
-                                    <itemizedlist>
-                                        <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>host</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                            Used internally.
-                                            The tests do not use this command.
-                                            </para></listitem>
-                                        <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>timeout</filename>:</emphasis>
-                                            A global timeout for commands run on
-                                            the target for the instance of a
-                                            test.
-                                            The default is 300 seconds.
+                                        <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>server_ip</filename>:</emphasis>
+                                            The host's IP address, which is
+                                            usually used by the "smart" test
+                                            suite.
                                             </para></listitem>
                                         <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>run(cmd, timeout=None)</filename>:</emphasis>
                                             The single, most used method.