diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 653f3da438..d6f5727114 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -891,7 +891,8 @@
             <title>Customizing Images Using Custom .bb Files</title>
 
             <para>
-                One way to get additional software into an image is to create a custom image.
+                One way to customize an image is to create a custom recipe
+                that defines additional software as part of the image.
                 The following example shows the form for the two lines you need:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-x11-base package1 package2"
@@ -901,8 +902,8 @@
             </para>
 
             <para>
-                By creating a custom image, a developer has total control
-                over the contents of the image.
+                Defining the software using a custom recipe gives you total 
+                control over the contents of the image.
                 It is important to use the correct names of packages in the
                 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_INSTALL'>IMAGE_INSTALL</ulink></filename>
                 variable.