diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
index 6c2884c576..41c1048163 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/kernel-dev-common.xml
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@
 
             <para>
                 If you have a complete Linux kernel <filename>.config</filename>
-                file you want to use, copy it to the
-                <filename>${</filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-FILES'><filename>FILES</filename></ulink><filename>}</filename>
-                directory within your layer and name it "defconfig".
+                file you want to use, copy it to a directory named 
+                <filename>files</filename>, which is in your 
+                layer's <filename>recipes-kernel/linux</filename> directory
+                and name name the file "defconfig".
                 Then, add the following line to your linux-yocto
                 <filename>.bbappend</filename> file in your layer:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>