diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 0f630bd15e..2a3891e58d 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -5027,15 +5027,15 @@
      BBFILES ?= ""
 
      BBLAYERS ?= " \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta-yocto \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta-yocto-bsp \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta-mylayer \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta-yocto \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta-yocto-bsp \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta-mylayer \
        "
 
      BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE ?= " \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta \
-       ##COREBASE##/meta-yocto \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta \
+       ##OEROOT##/meta-yocto \
        "
                 </literallayout>
                 Creating and providing an archive of the