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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
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@@ -232,30 +232,21 @@
                 </literallayout>
                 See the
                 "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#bsp-layers'>BSP Layers</ulink>"
-                section in the Yocto Project Board Support Package (BSP) Developer's Guide for more
-                information on BSP Layers.
-                <itemizedlist>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Tarball Extraction:</emphasis>  You can download any released
-                        BSP tarball from the same "Downloads" page of the
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project Website</ulink>
-                        to get the Yocto Project release.
-                        Once on the "Download" page, look to the right of the
-                        page and scroll down to find the BSP tarballs.</para>
-                        <para>Once you have the tarball, just extract it into a directory of your choice.
-                        Again, this method just produces a snapshot of the BSP layer in the form
-                        of a hierarchical directory structure.</para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Git Repository Method:</emphasis>  If you are working
-                        with a local Git repository for your Source Directory, you should also use this method
-                        to set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository.
-                        You can locate the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository in the
-                        "Yocto Metadata Layers" area of the Yocto Project Source Repositories at
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.</para>
-                        <para>Typically, you set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository inside
-                        the Source Directory.
-                        For example, the following transcript shows the steps to clone the
-                        <filename>meta-intel</filename>
-                        Git repository inside the local <filename>poky</filename> Git repository.
-                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+                section in the Yocto Project Board Support Package (BSP)
+                Developer's Guide for more information on BSP Layers.</para>
+                <para>You can locate the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git
+                repository in the "Yocto Metadata Layers" area of the Yocto
+                Project Source Repositories at
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>.</para>
+                <para>Using
+                <link linkend='git'>Git</link> to create a local clone of the
+                upstream repository can be helpful if you are working with
+                BSPs.
+                Typically, you set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename>
+                Git repository inside the Source Directory.
+                For example, the following transcript shows the steps to clone
+                <filename>meta-intel</filename>.
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ cd ~/poky
      $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-intel.git
      Cloning into 'meta-intel'...