diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index dd5700cc98..d6f21a7e01 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2070,14 +2070,14 @@
                     <para>Your configuration file needs to set the following
                     variables:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#DISTRO_NAME'><filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename></ulink> [required]
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#DISTRO_VERSION'><filename>DISTRO_VERSION</filename></ulink> [required]
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><filename>DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</filename></ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><filename>DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</filename></ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#TCLIBC'><filename>TCLIBC</filename></ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#PREFERRED_VERSION'><filename>PREFERRED_VERSION</filename></ulink>
-     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#PREFERRED_PROVIDER'><filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_NAME'><filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename></ulink> [required]
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_VERSION'><filename>DISTRO_VERSION</filename></ulink> [required]
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><filename>DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><filename>DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TCLIBC'><filename>TCLIBC</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PREFERRED_VERSION'><filename>PREFERRED_VERSION</filename></ulink>
+     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PREFERRED_PROVIDER'><filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</filename></ulink>
                     </literallayout></para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para><emphasis>Provide Miscellaneous Variables:</emphasis>
                     Be sure to define any other variable for which you want to