diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 9bb09fb948..61f55bd80a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -1445,14 +1445,23 @@
 
             <para>
                 The <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename>
-                variable contains checksums of the license text in the source code for the recipe.
-                Following is an example of how to specify <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename>:
+                variable contains checksums of the license text in the source
+                code for the recipe.
+                Following is an example of how to specify
+                <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=xxxx \
                          file://licfile1.txt;beginline=5;endline=29;md5=yyyy \
                          file://licfile2.txt;endline=50;md5=zzzz \
                          ..."
                 </literallayout>
+                <note>
+                    When using "beginline" and "endline", realize that line
+                    numbering begins with one and not zero.
+                    Also, the lines included are inclusive (e.g. lines five
+                    through 29 in the previous example for
+                    <filename>licfile1.txt</filename>.
+                </note>
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -1474,7 +1483,8 @@
 
             <para>
                 The first line locates a file in
-                <filename>${S}/src/ls.c</filename>.
+                <filename>${S}/src/ls.c</filename> and isolates lines five
+                through 16 as license text.
                 The second line refers to a file in
                 <filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>.
             </para>