diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index 4dac0b4457..7cb61e405e 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -561,9 +561,10 @@
 
             <para>
                 The toolchain tarballs are self-contained and must be installed into <filename>/opt/poky</filename>.
-                The following commands show how you install the toolchain tarball given a 64-bit development host system
-                and a 32-bit target architecture.
-                The example assumes the toolchain tarball is located in <filename>~/toolchains/</filename>:
+                The following commands show how you install the toolchain tarball given a 64-bit development 
+                host system and a 32-bit target architecture.
+                The example assumes the toolchain tarball is located in <filename>~/toolchains/</filename>.
+                You must have your working directory set to root before unpacking the tarball:
             </para>
 
             <para>