documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml: More edits to layer

Layer section review comments from Paul Eggleton added.

(From yocto-docs rev: a536fe1635dbe9157e86995e7a78568e41a75957)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 729e945153..90d9b54726 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                         The <filename>LAYERDIR</filename> variable expands to the directory of the current layer and
                         requires the immediate expansion operator so that BitBake does not wait to expand the variable 
                         when it's parsing a different directory.</para>
-                        <para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> environment variable,
+                        <para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> variable,
                         BitBake locates <filename>.bbclass</filename> files, configuration
                         files, and files that are included with <filename>include</filename> 
                         and <filename>require</filename> statements. 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
                         Use <filename>.bbappend</filename> files for each recipe that uses an include 
                         file.
                         Or, if you are introducing a new recipe that requires the inc file, use the 
-                        full path to refer to the original.
+                        path relative to the original layer directory to refer to the file.
                         For example, use <filename>require recipes-core/somepackage/somefile.inc</filename>
                         instead of <filename>require somefile.inc</filename>. 
                         If you're finding you have to overlay the include file, it could indicate a 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                 We also recommend the following:
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para>Store custom layers in a Git repository that uses the 
-                        <filename>meta-prvt-XXXX</filename> format.</para></listitem>
+                        <filename>meta-&lt;layer_name&gt;</filename> format.</para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para>Clone the repository alongside other <filename>meta</filename>
                         directories in the Yocto Project source files area.</para></listitem>
                  </itemizedlist>