diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
index 68b7642a97..f62e0b0291 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-kernel-appendix.xml
@@ -114,9 +114,14 @@
                         Any changes you make to files in this location need to ultimately be pushed
                         to the bare clone using the <filename>git push</filename> command.</para>
                         <para>See the bulleted item
-                        <link linkend='local-kernel-files'>Linux Yocto Kernel</link> in  
-                        <xref linkend='getting-setup'>Getting Setup</xref> earlier in this manual
+                        "<link linkend='local-kernel-files'>Linux Yocto Kernel</link>" earlier in this manual
                         for information on how to set up the bare clone.
+                        <note>Typically, Git workflows follow a scheme where changes made to a local area 
+                        are pulled into a Git repository.
+                        However, because the <filename>git pull</filename> command does not work 
+                        with bare clones, this workflow pushes changes to the 
+                        repository even though other more complicated methods do exist that 
+                        get changes into the bare clone.</note>
                         </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
             </para>
@@ -605,9 +610,12 @@
                 when it is built. 
                 You can find and examine this file in the Yocto Project files Git repository in 
                 the build directory. 
-                This example uses the following:
+                This example uses the following.
+                Note that this example directory is arificially split in order to make it more
+                readable:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto-2.6.37+git1+84f...r20/linux-qemux86-standard-build
+     ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto-2.6.37+git1+84f...
+        ...r20/linux-qemux86-standard-build
                 </literallayout>
             </para>