1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 792568cd25..2d4282e1ce 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3776,9 +3776,9 @@
 
         <para>
             To build from software that comes from an external source, all you
-            need to do is change your recipe so that it inherits
+            need to do is inherit
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-classes-externalsrc'><filename>externalsrc.bbclass</filename></ulink>
-            and then sets the
+            and then set the
             <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-EXTERNALSRC'><filename>EXTERNALSRC</filename></ulink>
             variable to point to your external source code.
             Here are the statements to put in your