diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 60b076d9a8..09afc09a5b 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@
                 variable.
                 BitBake passes these options into the <filename>make</filename> GNU invocation. 
                 Note that a <filename>do_install</filename> task is still required.
-                Otherwise BitBake runs an empty <filename>do_install</filename> task by default. 
+                Otherwise, BitBake runs an empty <filename>do_install</filename> task by default. 
             </para>
 
             <para>
@@ -908,7 +908,9 @@
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                The <filename>PACKAGES</filename> and <filename>FILES_*</filename> variables in the 
+                The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></ulink>
+                and <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILES'><filename>FILES_*</filename></ulink>
+                variables in the 
                 <filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename> configuration file define how files installed
                 by the <filename>do_install</filename> task are packaged.
                 By default, the <filename>PACKAGES</filename> variable contains 
@@ -1200,7 +1202,9 @@
                 Many standard recipes are already extended and support multiple libraries.
                 You can check in the <filename>meta/conf/multilib.conf</filename>
                 configuration file in the source directory to see how this is 
-                done using the <filename>BBCLASSEXTEND</filename> variable.
+                done using the 
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBCLASSEXTEND'><filename>BBCLASSEXTEND</filename></ulink>
+                variable.
                 Eventually, all recipes will be covered and this list will be unneeded.
             </para>
   
@@ -1209,10 +1213,13 @@
                 extend the package name from <filename>${PN}</filename> to
                 <filename>${MLPREFIX}${PN}</filename>, where <filename>MLPREFIX</filename>
                 is the particular multilib (e.g. "lib32-" or "lib64-"). 
-                Standard variables such as <filename>DEPENDS</filename>, 
-                <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>, <filename>RPROVIDES</filename>, 
-                <filename>RRECOMMENDS</filename>, <filename>PACKAGES</filename>, and 
-                <filename>PACKAGES_DYNAMIC</filename> are automatically extended by the system.
+                Standard variables such as 
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DEPENDS'><filename>DEPENDS</filename></ulink>, 
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></ulink>,
+                <filename>RPROVIDES</filename>, 
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-RRECOMMENDS'><filename>RRECOMMENDS</filename></ulink>,
+                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></ulink>,
+                and <filename>PACKAGES_DYNAMIC</filename> are automatically extended by the system.
                 If you are extending any manual code in the recipe, you can use the 
                 <filename>${MLPREFIX}</filename> variable to ensure those names are extended 
                 correctly.