<section id='usingpoky-debugging-variables'>
<title>Variables</title>
<para>
- The <filename>-e</filename> option dumps the resulting environment for
- either the configuration (no package specified) or for a
- specific package when specified; or <filename>-b recipename</filename>
- to show the environment from parsing a single recipe file only.
+ You can use the <filename>-e</filename> BitBake option to
+ display the resulting environment for a configuration
+ when you do not specify a package or for a specific package when
+ you do specify the package.
+ If you want to show the environment resulting from parsing a single
+ recipe, use the <filename>-b recipename</filename> form.
</para>
</section>