1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 0f006c790d..e0db037454 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -9977,6 +9977,25 @@
                 Adding these statements to the configuration file ensures
                 that the licenses collected during package generation
                 are included on your image.
+                <note>
+                    <para>Setting all three variables to "1" results in the
+                    image having two copies of the same license file.
+                    One copy resides in
+                    <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses</filename> and
+                    the other resides in
+                    <filename>/usr/share/license</filename>.</para>
+
+                    <para>The reason for this behavior is because
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></ulink>
+                    and
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></ulink>
+                    add a copy of the license when the image is built but do not
+                    offer a path for adding licenses for newly installed packages
+                    to an image.
+                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></ulink>
+                    adds a separate package and an upgrade path for adding
+                    licenses to an image.</para>
+                </note>
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -9986,15 +10005,6 @@
                 of the license information with source as defined by the GPL
                 and other open source licenses.
             </para>
-
-            <para>
-                See the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename></ulink>,
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_DIRS'><filename>COPY_LIC_DIRS</filename></ulink>,
-                and
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COPY_LIC_MANIFEST'><filename>COPY_LIC_MANIFEST</filename></ulink>
-                variable descriptions for more information.
-            </para>
         </section>
 
         <section id='providing-compilation-scripts-and-source-code-modifications'>