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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
index 1dbf141c9..47c8d5d89 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml
@@ -769,11 +769,23 @@
<para>
Aside from separate configuration files for each
- target, you have to enable BitBake to perform multiple
- configuration builds by enabling it in the local
+ target, you must also enable BitBake to perform multiple
+ configuration builds.
+ Enabling is accomplished by setting the
+ <link linkend='var-BBMULTICONFIG'><filename>BBMULTICONFIG</filename></link>
+ variable in the <filename>local.conf</filename>
configuration file.
- Enabling is accomplished through a variable specific
- to the build environment.
+ As an example, suppose you had configuration files
+ for <filename>target1</filename> and
+ <filename>target2</filename> defined in the build
+ directory.
+ The following statement in the
+ <filename>local.conf</filename> file both enables
+ BitBake to perform multiple configuration builds and
+ specifies the two multiconfigs:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ BBMULTICONFIG = "target1 target2"
+ </literallayout>
</para>
<para>
@@ -785,10 +797,10 @@
$ bitbake [multiconfig:<replaceable>multiconfigname</replaceable>:]<replaceable>target</replaceable> [[[multiconfig:<replaceable>multiconfigname</replaceable>:]<replaceable>target</replaceable>] ... ]
</literallayout>
Here is an example for two multiconfigs:
- <filename>Target_1</filename> and
- <filename>Target_2</filename>:
+ <filename>target1</filename> and
+ <filename>target2</filename>:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ bitbake multiconfig:Target_1:<replaceable>target</replaceable> multiconfig:Target_2:<replaceable>target</replaceable>
+ $ bitbake multiconfig:target1:<replaceable>target</replaceable> multiconfig:target2:<replaceable>target</replaceable>
</literallayout>
</para>
</section>