diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 44fb9ff63a..0c66a7c232 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2510,11 +2510,14 @@
                         </literallayout>
                         Ensuring that the package architecture is correct is
                         not critical while you are doing the first few builds
-                        of your recipe, but it is important in order to
+                        of your recipe.
+                        However, it is important in order to
                         to ensure that your recipe rebuilds (or does not
                         rebuild) appropriately in response to changes in
                         configuration, and to ensure that you get the
-                        appropriate packages installed on the target machine.
+                        appropriate packages installed on the target machine,
+                        particularly if you run separate builds for more
+                        than one target machine.
                         </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>
             </para>