1 files changed, 24 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 06555c3c51..28ff9c08e9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -1317,46 +1317,45 @@
             <title>Running a Build on the Recipe</title>
 
             <para>
-                Creating a new recipe is an iterative process that requires
-                using BitBake to process the recipe multiple times in order to
-                progressively discover and add information to the recipe.
+                Creating a new recipe is usually an iterative process that
+                requires using BitBake to process the recipe multiple times in
+                order to progressively discover and add information to the
+                recipe.
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                To process the recipe, use the following BitBake command form
-                from within the
-                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
-                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ bitbake &lt;base-recipe-name&gt;
-                </literallayout>
-                Before you run BitBake, be sure that you source a build
-                environment setup script (i.e.
+                Assuming you have sourced a build environment setup script (i.e.
                 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink>
                 or
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>.
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>)
+                and you are in the
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
+                use BitBake to process your recipe.
+                All you need to provide is the base name of your recipe:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ bitbake &lt;basename&gt;
+                </literallayout>
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                The OpenEmbedded build system creates a temporary work
-                directory
+                During the build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates a
+                temporary work directory for the recipe
                 (<filename>${</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename>)
                 where it keeps extracted source files, log files, images, and
                 so forth.
+                You can find individual logs in this area for each task.
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                This temporary work directory is constructed depending on
-                several factors.
-                For packages that are not dependent on a particular machine,
-                <filename>WORKDIR</filename> is defined as follows:
+                The temporary work directory is constructed as follows and
+                depends on several factors:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ${TMPDIR}/work/${PACKAGE_ARCH}-poky-${TARGET_OS}/${PN}/${PV}-${PR}
+     ${TMPDIR}/work/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}
                 </literallayout>
                 As an example, assume a Source Directory top-level folder name
                 <filename>poky</filename>, a default Build Directory at
-                <filename>poky/build</filename>, a <filename>qemux86</filename>
-                package architecture, and a <filename>linux</filename> target
-                operating system.
+                <filename>poky/build</filename>, and a
+                <filename>qemux86-poky-linux</filename> machine target system.
                 Furthermore, suppose your recipe is named
                 <filename>foo_1.3.0-r0.bb</filename>.
                 In this case, the work directory the build system uses to
@@ -1365,7 +1364,7 @@
      poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/foo/1.3.0-r0
                 </literallayout>
                 Inside this directory you can find sub-directories such as
-                <filename>image</filename>, <filename>package-split</filename>,
+                <filename>image</filename>, <filename>packages-split</filename>,
                 and <filename>temp</filename>.
                 After the build, you can examine these to determine how well
                 the build went.
@@ -1382,9 +1381,9 @@
                 Yocto Project Reference Manual's glossary for more information:
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem>The temporary directory - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></ulink></listitem>
-                    <listitem>The package architecture - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><filename>PACKAGE_ARCH</filename></ulink></listitem>
-                    <listitem>The target operating system - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TARGET_OS'><filename>TARGET_OS</filename></ulink></listitem>
+                    <listitem>The machine architecture - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS'><filename>MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS</filename></ulink></listitem>
                     <listitem>The recipe name - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></ulink></listitem>
+                    <listitem>The epoch - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-EXTENDPE'><filename>EXTENDPE</filename></ulink></listitem>
                     <listitem>The recipe version - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></ulink></listitem>
                     <listitem>The recipe revision - <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></ulink></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist>