1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index dc12f84db7..a8e8c3a35a 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@
 
     <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-            <para>A host system running a supported Linux distribution (i.e. recent releases of
-                Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, and Ubuntu).
+            <para>A host system running a supported Linux distribution
+                (i.e. recent releases of Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian,
+                and Ubuntu).
                 If the host system supports multiple cores and threads, you can configure the
                 Yocto Project build system to decrease the time needed to build images
                 significantly.
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
                 <listitem><para>Fedora</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>openSUSE</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>CentOS</para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>Debian</para></listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
             For a more detailed list of distributions that support the Yocto Project,
             see the
@@ -268,11 +270,11 @@
         </para>
 
         <section id='ubuntu'>
-            <title>Ubuntu</title>
+            <title>Ubuntu and Debian</title>
 
             <para>
-                The essential packages you need for a supported Ubuntu distribution
-                are shown in the following command:
+                The essential packages you need for a supported Ubuntu
+                or Debian distribution are shown in the following command:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo apt-get install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; libsdl1.2-dev xterm
                 </literallayout>