diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 6e6577220d..7d694379cd 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@
                 the build host.
                 For example, an application linking to a common library needs
                 access to the library itself and its associated headers.
-                The way this access is accomplished is by populating sysroot
+                The way this access is accomplished is by populating a sysroot
                 with files.
                 Each recipe has two sysroots in its work directory, one for
                 target files
@@ -3201,7 +3201,7 @@
                 (<filename>recipe-sysroot-native</filename>).
                 <note>
                     You could find the term "staging" used within the Yocto
-                    project regarding files populating sysroot (e.g. the
+                    project regarding files populating sysroots (e.g. the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-STAGING_DIR'><filename>STAGING_DIR</filename></ulink>
                     variable).
                 </note>
@@ -3235,14 +3235,14 @@
                 the sysroot.
                 The following example shows how you could add the
                 <filename>/opt</filename> directory to the list of
-                directories:
+                directories within a recipe:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      SYSROOT_DIRS += "/opt"
                 </literallayout>
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                for a more complete description of the
+                For a more complete description of the
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-populate_sysroot'><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></ulink>
                 task and its associated functions, see the
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></ulink>