diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst
index aecd34099..26a96303e 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/temporary-source-code.rst
@@ -65,3 +65,11 @@ build system uses to build the package would be as follows::

    project/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/foo/1.3.0

+Finally, if you make some changes to a recipe's unpacked source code,
+you can force a re-compile of that recipe with the command::
+
+   $ bitbake -c compile -f recipe-name
+
+The ``-f`` option in the above forces that task to be re-run
+(invalidating any existing stamp file).
+