diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 3767bf18b5..95ae0076dd 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2811,11 +2811,11 @@
 
             <para>
                 Packaging requirements add size to the image.
-                One way to reduce the size of the kernel is to remove all the
+                One way to reduce the size of the image is to remove all the
                 packaging requirements from the image.
                 This reduction includes both removing the package manager
-                and its dependencies as well as removing the package management
-                data itself.
+                and its unique dependencies as well as removing the package
+                management data itself.
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -2823,7 +2823,8 @@
                 follow these steps:
                 <orderedlist>
                     <listitem><para>Put the following line in your main
-                        recipe for the image to remove packaging files:
+                        recipe for the image to remove package management
+                        data files:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ;
                         </literallayout>