diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 1abc91431d..dee7206018 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -3166,9 +3166,10 @@
                     A suitable GDB cross-binary is required that runs on your host computer but
                     also knows about the the ABI of the remote target.
                     You can get this binary from the meta-toolchain.
-                    Here is an example:
+                    Here is an example where the toolchain resides in the
+                    default directory <filename>/opt/poky/1.4/sysroots</filename>:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     /usr/local/poky/eabi-glibc/arm/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gdb
+     /opt/poky/1.4/sysroots/i686-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/armv7a-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gdb
                     </literallayout>
                     where <filename>arm</filename> is the target architecture and
                     <filename>linux-gnueabi</filename> the target ABI.