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diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
index 6a3eec3a0e..806bf23848 100644
--- a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
+++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Debian policy closely.
 
 When a recipe references a git revision that does not correspond to a released
 version of software (e.g. is not a tagged version), the :term:`PV` variable
-should include the Git revision using the following to make the
-version clear::
+should include the sign ``+``, so :term:`bitbake` automatically includes package
+version information during the packaging phase::
 
-    PV = "<version>+git${SRCPV}"
+    PV = "<version>+git"
 
 In this case, ``<version>`` should be the most recently released version of the
 software from the current source revision (``git describe`` can be useful for