diff --git a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml
index 259e8200d7..df8605ed6f 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml
+++ b/documentation/kernel-manual/kernel-how-to.xml
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@
Once a local Git repository of the Linux Yocto kernel exists on a development system,
you can consider the compilation phase of kernel development - building a kernel image.
- Some prerequisites exist that must be met before starting the compilation
- phase of the kernel build system:
+ Some prerequisites exist that are validated by the build process before compilation
+ starts:
- The SRC_URI must point to the kernel Git
+ The SRC_URI points to the kernel Git
repository.
- A BSP build branch must exist.
+ A BSP build branch exists.
This branch has the following form:
<kernel_type>/<bsp_name>
@@ -155,15 +155,14 @@
- You can typically meet these prerequisites by running the tree construction/patching phase
- of the build system.
- However, other means do exist.
- For examples of alternate workflows such as bootstrapping a BSP, see
+ The Yocto Project makes sure these conditions exist before attempting compilation.
+ Other means, however, do exist, such as as bootstrapping a BSP, see
the "Workflow Examples".
- Before building a kernel, the build process configures the kernel by processing all of the
+ Before building a kernel, the build process verifies the tree
+ and configures the kernel by processing all of the
configuration "fragments" specified by feature descriptions in the .scc
files.
As the features are compiled, associated kernel configuration fragments are noted