diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index bec6caed34..e23d3ad816 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -5815,20 +5815,25 @@
                     <link linkend='var-IMAGE_TYPES'><filename>IMAGE_TYPES</filename></link>.
                 </para>
 
-                <note>
-                    If you add "live" to <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename>
-                    inside an image recipe, be sure that you do so prior to the
-                    "inherit image" line of the recipe or the live image will
-                    not build.
-                </note>
-
-                <note>
-                    Due to the way this variable is processed, it is not
-                    possible to update its contents using
-                    <filename>_append</filename> or
-                    <filename>_prepend</filename>. To add one or more
-                    additional options to this variable the
-                    <filename>+=</filename> operator must be used.
+                <note><title>Notes</title>
+                    <itemizedlist>
+                        <listitem><para>
+                            If you add "live" to
+                            <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename> inside an image
+                            recipe, be sure that you do so prior to the
+                            "inherit image" line of the recipe or the live
+                            image will not build.
+                            </para></listitem>
+                        <listitem><para>
+                            Due to the way the OpenEmbedded build system
+                            processes this variable, you cannot update its
+                            contents by using <filename>_append</filename> or
+                            <filename>_prepend</filename>.
+                            You must use the <filename>+=</filename>
+                            operator to add one or more options to the
+                            <filename>IMAGE_FSTYPES</filename> variable.
+                            </para></listitem>
+                    </itemizedlist>
                 </note>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>