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diff --git a/handbook/extendpoky.xml b/handbook/extendpoky.xml
index 936a74480e..d03284d0e3 100644
--- a/handbook/extendpoky.xml
+++ b/handbook/extendpoky.xml
@@ -650,7 +650,9 @@ require conf/distro/include/poky-extras-src-revisions.inc
</glossterm> variable needs to be increased (commonly referred to
as 'bumped') as part of that commit. Only integer values are used
and <glossterm><link linkend='var-PR'>PR</link></glossterm> =
- "r0" should not be added into new recipes as this is default value.
+ "r0" should be added into new recipes as, while this is the
+ default value, not having the variable defined in a recipe makes
+ it easy to miss incrementing it when updating the recipe.
When upgrading the version of a package (<glossterm><link
linkend='var-PV'>PV</link></glossterm>), the <glossterm><link
linkend='var-PR'>PR</link></glossterm> variable should be removed.