diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 2d4282e1ce..d5c97c0538 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3496,7 +3496,7 @@
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      service httpd reload
                         </literallayout>
-                        For Ubuntu, use the following:
+                        For Ubuntu and Debian, use the following:
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
                         </literallayout>
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index ad4c4d8fe4..3a70398984 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@
                     <filename>git send-email</filename> command.
                     <note>In order to use <filename>git send-email</filename>, you must have the
                     the proper Git packages installed.
-                    For Ubuntu and Fedora the package is <filename>git-email</filename>.</note></para>
+                    For Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora the package is <filename>git-email</filename>.</note></para>
                     <para>The <filename>git send-email</filename> command sends email by using a local
                     or remote Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as
                     <filename>msmtp</filename>, <filename>sendmail</filename>, or through a direct
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
index 63b231e1e7..8e591fcd38 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
                 <listitem><para>Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>CentOS release 6.3 (Final)</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>CentOS release 6.4 (Final)</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para>Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)</para></listitem>
-                <listitem><para>Debian GNU/Linux 7.0</para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze)</para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (Wheezy)</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>openSUSE 12.2</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>openSUSE 12.3</para></listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@
         </para>
 
         <section id='ubuntu-packages'>
-            <title>Ubuntu</title>
+            <title>Ubuntu and Debian</title>
 
             <para>
                 The following list shows the required packages by function
-                given a supported Ubuntu Linux distribution:
+                given a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution:
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Essentials:</emphasis>
                         Packages needed to build an image on a headless
diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index dc12f84db7..a8e8c3a35a 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@
 
     <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-            <para>A host system running a supported Linux distribution (i.e. recent releases of
-                Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, and Ubuntu).
+            <para>A host system running a supported Linux distribution
+                (i.e. recent releases of Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian,
+                and Ubuntu).
                 If the host system supports multiple cores and threads, you can configure the
                 Yocto Project build system to decrease the time needed to build images
                 significantly.
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@
                 <listitem><para>Fedora</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>openSUSE</para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>CentOS</para></listitem>
+                <listitem><para>Debian</para></listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
             For a more detailed list of distributions that support the Yocto Project,
             see the
@@ -268,11 +270,11 @@
         </para>
 
         <section id='ubuntu'>
-            <title>Ubuntu</title>
+            <title>Ubuntu and Debian</title>
 
             <para>
-                The essential packages you need for a supported Ubuntu distribution
-                are shown in the following command:
+                The essential packages you need for a supported Ubuntu
+                or Debian distribution are shown in the following command:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo apt-get install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; libsdl1.2-dev xterm
                 </literallayout>