diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/debugging.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/debugging.rst
index 92458a0c37..6b5d2dd820 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/debugging.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/debugging.rst
@@ -1006,8 +1006,9 @@ debugger.
 
       IMAGE_GEN_DEBUGFS = "1"
       IMAGE_FSTYPES_DEBUGFS = "tar.bz2"
+      IMAGE_FSTYPES:append = " tar.bz2"
 
-   These options cause the
+   The first two lines cause the
    OpenEmbedded build system to generate a special companion filesystem
    fragment, which contains the matching source and debug symbols to
    your deployable filesystem. The build system does this by looking at
@@ -1016,8 +1017,9 @@ debugger.
 
    The companion debug filesystem is not a complete filesystem, but only
    contains the debug fragments. This filesystem must be combined with
-   the full filesystem for debugging. Subsequent steps in this procedure
-   show how to combine the partial filesystem with the full filesystem.
+   the full filesystem for debugging. The third line ensures that the
+   build system generates a tar.bz2-formatted copy of the full filesystem,
+   which will be used in subsequent steps in this procedure.
 
 #. *Configure the system to include gdbserver in the target filesystem:*
 
@@ -1142,7 +1144,7 @@ debugger.
       $ bitbake -c devshell bash
       $ cd ..
       $ scp packages-split/bash/bin/bash target:/bin/bash
-      $ cp -a packages-split/bash-dbg/\* path/debugfs
+      $ cp -a packages-split/bash-dbg/* path/debugfs
 
 Debugging with the GNU Project Debugger (GDB) on the Target
 ===========================================================