diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index e3c312ce0d..3b675359b5 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1836,8 +1836,9 @@
 
             <para>
                 If no <filename>SRC_URI</filename> checksums are specified
-                when you attempt to build the recipe, the build will produce
-                an error for each missing checksum.
+                when you attempt to build the recipe, or you provide an
+                incorrect checksum, the build will produce an error for each
+                missing or incorrect checksum.
                 As part of the error message, the build system provides
                 the checksum string corresponding to the fetched file.
                 Once you have the correct checksums, you can copy and paste