diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
index d7b589f187..b353532830 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-intro.xml
@@ -119,15 +119,15 @@
Release Notes: Features, updates and known issues for the current
release of the Yocto Project.
-
+
Hob: A graphical user interface for BitBake.
Hob's primary goal is to enable a user to perform common tasks more easily.
-
+
Build Appliance: A bootable custom embedded Linux image you can
either build using a non-Linux development system (VMware applications) or download
from the Yocto Project website.
- See the Build Appliance
+ See the Build Appliance
page for more information.Bugzilla:
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index e09c373da2..65e17e24a0 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
Most teams have many pieces of software undergoing active development at any given time.
You can derive large benefits by putting these pieces under the control of a source
- control system that is compatible (i.e. Git or Subversion (SVN)) with the OpenEmbeded
+ control system that is compatible (i.e. Git or Subversion (SVN)) with the OpenEmbedded
build system that the Yocto Project uses.
You can then set the autobuilder to pull the latest revisions of the packages
and test the latest commits by the builds.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
Maintain your metadata in layers that make sense
for your situation.
See the "Understanding
- and Creating Layeres" section for more information on
+ and Creating Layers" section for more information on
layers.Separate the project's metadata and code by using
separate Git repositories.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
- Once you are set up through either tarball extraction or creation of Git repositories,
+ Once you are set up through either tarball extraction or a checkout of Git repositories,
you are ready to develop.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
In its most general sense, it is an open-source project that was initially developed
by OpenedHand. With OpenedHand, poky was developed off of the existing OpenEmbedded
build system becoming a build system for embedded images.
- After Intel Corporation aquired OpenedHand, the project poky became the basis for
+ After Intel Corporation acquired OpenedHand, the project poky became the basis for
the Yocto Project's build system.
Within the Yocto Project source repositories, poky exists as a separate Git repository
that can be cloned to yield a local copy on the host system.
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@
and unpacking a Yocto Project release tarball or creating a local copy of
the poky Git repository
git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.
- Sometimes you might here the term "poky directory" used to refer to this
+ Sometimes you might hear the term "poky directory" used to refer to this
directory structure.
The OpenEmbedded build system does not support file or directory names that
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
reflects the exact copy of the files at the time of their release.
You do this by using Git tags that are part of the repository.
- For more information on concepts around Git repositories, branches, and tags,
+ For more information on concepts related to Git repositories, branches, and tags,
see the
"Repositories, Tags, and Branches"
section.
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
index 299a02d581..b9401e9017 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-start.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
Host System: You should have a reasonably current
Linux-based host system.
You will have the best results with a recent release of Fedora,
- OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are frequently tested against the Yocto Project
+ OpenSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS as these releases are frequently tested against the Yocto Project
and officially supported.
For a list of the distributions under validation and their status, see the
"Supported Linux Distributions" section
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
for the supported distributions.Yocto Project Release:
You need a release of the Yocto Project.
- You set up a with local Source Directory
+ You set that up with a local Source Directory
one of two ways depending on whether you
are going to contribute back into the Yocto Project or not.