diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -1481,6 +1481,24 @@ compressed suffixes such as ``diff.gz`` and ``patch.bz2``, for example.
 The build system automatically applies patches as described in the
 ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:patching code`" section.
 
+Fetching Code Through Firewalls
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some users are behind firewalls and need to fetch code through a proxy.
+See the ":doc:`/ref-manual/faq`" chapter for advice.
+
+Limiting the Number of Parallel Connections
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some users are behind firewalls or use servers where the number of parallel connections
+is limited. In such cases, you can limit the number of fetch tasks which run in parallel by
+setting the below option in your ``local.conf`` file.
+
+The :yocto_git:`meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended </poky/tree/meta-poky/conf/local.conf.sample.extended>`
+file shows how to set a maximum of four fetch tasks in parallel::
+
+   do_fetch[number_threads] = "4"
+
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