diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
index 9c016bf32c..e0973c4e11 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-prepare.xml
@@ -80,38 +80,48 @@
 
             <para>
                 The ADT Installer is contained in the ADT Installer tarball.
-                You can download the tarball from
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_ADTINSTALLER_DL_URL;'></ulink> into any
-                directory.
-                Or, you can use BitBake to generate the tarball inside the existing
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
-            </para>
-
-            <para>
-                If you use BitBake to generate the ADT Installer tarball, you must
-                <filename>source</filename> the environment setup script
-                (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink>
-                or
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>)
-                located in the Source Directory before running the
-                BitBake command that creates the tarball.
-            </para>
-
-            <para>
-                The following example commands download the Poky tarball, set up the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>,
-                set up the environment while also creating the default Build Directory,
-                and run the BitBake command that results in the tarball
-                <filename>~/yocto-project/build/tmp/deploy/sdk/adt_installer.tar.bz2</filename>:
-                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+                You can get the tarball using either of these methods:
+                <itemizedlist>
+                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Download the Tarball:</emphasis>
+                        You can download the tarball from
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_ADTINSTALLER_DL_URL;'></ulink> into
+                        any directory.</para></listitem>
+                    <listitem><para><emphasis>Build the Tarball:</emphasis>
+                        You can use BitBake to generate the tarball inside an
+                        existing
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                        </para>
+                        <para>If you use BitBake to generate the ADT Installer
+                        tarball, you must <filename>source</filename> the
+                        environment setup script
+                        (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink>
+                        or
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>)
+                        located in the Source Directory before running the
+                        BitBake command that creates the tarball.</para>
+                        <para>The following example commands establish
+                        the
+                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>,
+                        check out the current release branch, set up the
+                        build environment while also creating the default
+                        Build Directory, and run the BitBake command that
+                        results in the tarball
+                        <filename>~/yocto-project/build/tmp/deploy/sdk/adt_installer.tar.bz2</filename>:
+                        <note>
+                            Before using BitBake to build the ADT tarball, be
+                            sure to make sure your
+                            <filename>local.conf</filename> file is properly
+                            configured.
+                        </note>
+                        <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ cd ~
-     $ mkdir yocto-project
-     $ cd yocto-project
-     $ wget &YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL;/&YOCTO_POKY_TARBALL;
-     $ tar xjf &YOCTO_POKY_TARBALL;
-     $ source &OE_INIT_PATH;
+     $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
+     $ cd poky
+     $ git checkout -b &DISTRO_NAME; origin/&DISTRO_NAME;
+     $ source &OE_INIT_FILE;
      $ bitbake adt-installer
-                </literallayout>
+                        </literallayout></para></listitem>
+                </itemizedlist>
             </para>
         </section>