1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 0218dc59fd..d19e94eb9d 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -2949,6 +2949,10 @@
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></ulink>
                     task, which effectively copies all files from
                     <filename>${S}</filename> to <filename>${D}</filename>.
+                    The <filename>bin_package</filename> class works well when
+                    the files extracted into <filename>${S}</filename> are
+                    already laid out in the way they should be laid out
+                    on the target.
                     For more information on these variables, see the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></ulink>,
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></ulink>,
@@ -2973,7 +2977,7 @@
                             Alternatively, you can make these tasks an empty
                             function.
                             </para></listitem>
-                        <listitem><para>make sure your
+                        <listitem><para>Make sure your
                             <filename>do_install</filename> task installs the
                             binaries appropriately.
                             </para></listitem>