diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
index bc01395d13..119bfdad22 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
@@ -402,7 +402,15 @@
         </para>
 
         <para>
-            If you plan on remotely deploying and debugging your application from within the 
+            If you are planning on developing against your image and you are not
+            building or using one of the Yocto Project development images 
+            (e.g. core-image-*-dev), you must be sure to include the development
+            packages as part of your image recipe.
+        </para>            
+
+        <para>
+            Furthermore, if you plan on remotely deploying and debugging your 
+            application from within the 
             Eclipse IDE, you must have an image that contains the Yocto Target Communication
             Framework (TCF) agent (<filename>tcf-agent</filename>). 
             By default, the Yocto Project provides only one type pre-built image that contains the