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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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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
     <para>
         Here is what you need to use the Yocto Project:
         <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem><para><emphasis>Host System:</emphasis>  You should have a reasonably current
-                Linux-based host system.
+            <listitem><para><emphasis>Host System:</emphasis>
+                You should have a reasonably current Linux-based host system.
                 You will have the best results with a recent release of Fedora,
                 openSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are frequently tested against the Yocto Project
                 and officially supported.
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@
                 <para>
                 You should also have about 100 gigabytes of free disk space for building images.
                 </para></listitem>
-            <listitem><para><emphasis>Packages:</emphasis>  The OpenEmbedded build system
-                requires that certain packages exist on your development system (e.g. Python 2.6 or 2.7).
+            <listitem><para><emphasis>Packages:</emphasis>
+                The OpenEmbedded build system requires that certain packages
+                exist on your development system (e.g. Python 2.6 or 2.7).
                 See "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;#packages'>The Packages</ulink>"
                 section in the Yocto Project Quick Start and the
                 "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#required-packages-for-the-host-development-system'>Required Packages for the Host Development System</ulink>"
                 section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for the exact
                 package requirements and the installation commands to install
-                them for the supported distributions.
-                </para></listitem>
+                them for the supported distributions.</para></listitem>
             <listitem id='local-yp-release'><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Release:</emphasis>
                 You need a release of the Yocto Project installed locally on
                 your development system.
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
                 and is created when you use
                 <link linkend='git'>Git</link> to clone a local copy
                 of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> repository,
-                or when you download an official release of the corresponding tarball.</para>
+                or when you download an official release of the corresponding
+                tarball.</para>
                 <para>Working from a copy of the upstream repository allows you
                 to contribute back into the Yocto Project or simply work with
                 the latest software on a development branch.
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
                 a complete history of changes and you are working with a local
                 clone of that repository, you have access to all the Yocto
                 Project development branches and tag names used in the upstream
-                repository.</para>
+                repository.
                 <note>You can view the Yocto Project Source Repositories at
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>
                 </note>
@@ -108,27 +109,40 @@
                         directory of your choice.</para>
                         <para>For example, the following command extracts the
                         Yocto Project &DISTRO; release tarball
-                        into the current working directory and sets up the local Source Directory
-                        with a top-level folder named <filename>&YOCTO_POKY;</filename>:
+                        into the current working directory and sets up the local
+                        Source Directory
+                        with a top-level folder named
+                        <filename>&YOCTO_POKY;</filename>:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ tar xfj &YOCTO_POKY_TARBALL;
                         </literallayout></para>
-                        <para>This method does not produce a local Git repository.
-                        Instead, you simply end up with a snapshot of the release.</para></listitem>
-                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Git Repository Method:</emphasis>  If you are going to be contributing
-                        back into the Yocto Project or you simply want to keep up
-                        with the latest developments, you should use Git commands to set up a local
-                        Git repository of the upstream <filename>poky</filename> source repository.
-                        Doing so creates a repository with a complete history of changes and allows
-                        you to easily submit your changes upstream to the project.
-                        Because you clone the repository, you have access to all the Yocto Project development
-                        branches and tag names used in the upstream repository.</para>
-                        <note>You can view the Yocto Project Source Repositories at
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink></note>
-                        <para>The following transcript shows how to clone the <filename>poky</filename>
-                        Git repository into the current working directory.
-                        The command creates the local repository in a directory named <filename>poky</filename>.
-                        For information on Git used within the Yocto Project, see the
+                        <para>This method does not produce a local Git
+                        repository.
+                        Instead, you simply end up with a snapshot of the
+                        release.</para></listitem>
+                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Git Repository Method:</emphasis>
+                        If you are going to be contributing back into the Yocto
+                        Project or you simply want to keep up with the latest
+                        developments, you should use Git commands to set up a
+                        local Git repository of the upstream
+                        <filename>poky</filename> source repository.
+                        Doing so creates a repository with a complete history
+                        of changes and allows you to easily submit your changes
+                        upstream to the project.
+                        Because you clone the repository, you have access to all
+                        the Yocto Project development branches and tag names
+                        used in the upstream repository.
+                        <note>You can view the Yocto Project Source Repositories
+                            at
+                            <ulink url='&YOCTO_GIT_URL;/cgit.cgi'></ulink>
+                        </note></para>
+                        <para>The following transcript shows how to clone the
+                        <filename>poky</filename> Git repository into the
+                        current working directory.
+                        The command creates the local repository in a directory
+                        named <filename>poky</filename>.
+                        For information on Git used within the Yocto Project,
+                        see the
                         "<link linkend='git'>Git</link>" section.
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
@@ -138,11 +152,14 @@
      remote: Total 203728 (delta 147444), reused 202891 (delta 146614)
      Receiving objects: 100% (203728/203728), 95.54 MiB | 308 KiB/s, done.
      Resolving deltas: 100% (147444/147444), done.
-                        </literallayout></para>
-                        <para>For another example of how to set up your own local Git repositories, see this
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>
-                        wiki page</ulink>, which describes how to create both <filename>poky</filename>
-                        and <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repositories.</para></listitem>
+                        </literallayout>
+                        For another example of how to set up your own local
+                        Git repositories, see this
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>wiki page</ulink>,
+                        which describes how to create both
+                        <filename>poky</filename> and
+                        <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repositories.
+                        </para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist></para></listitem>
             <listitem id='local-kernel-files'><para><emphasis>Yocto Project Kernel:</emphasis>
                 If you are going to be making modifications to a supported Yocto Project kernel, you
@@ -166,7 +183,7 @@
                 <filename>linux-yocto-3.10.git</filename>, while the
                 copy is named <filename>my-linux-yocto-3.10-work</filename>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ git clone --bare git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-3.10 linux-yocto-3.10.git
+     $ git clone &dash;&dash;bare git://git.yoctoproject.org/linux-yocto-3.10 linux-yocto-3.10.git
      Cloning into bare repository 'linux-yocto-3.10.git'...
      remote: Counting objects: 3364487, done.
      remote: Compressing objects: 100% (507178/507178), done.
@@ -233,20 +250,39 @@
                 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.</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'>
+                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 Yocto Project
+                        <ulink url='https://www.yoctoproject.org/downloads'>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>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'...
@@ -255,12 +291,12 @@
      remote: Total 7366 (delta 3997), reused 7299 (delta 3930)
      Receiving objects: 100% (7366/7366), 2.31 MiB | 95 KiB/s, done.
      Resolving deltas: 100% (3997/3997), done.
-                        </literallayout></para>
-                        <para>The same
+                        </literallayout>
+                        The same
                         <ulink url='&YOCTO_WIKI_URL;/wiki/Transcript:_from_git_checkout_to_meta-intel_BSP'>wiki page</ulink>
                         referenced earlier covers how to
-                        set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git repository.
-                        </para></listitem>
+                        set up the <filename>meta-intel</filename> Git
+                        repository.</para></listitem>
                 </itemizedlist></para></listitem>
             <listitem><para><emphasis>Eclipse Yocto Plug-in:</emphasis>  If you are developing
                 applications using the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE),