diff --git a/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst b/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
index 7581089df..439ec84ec 100644
--- a/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
+++ b/developer_manual/app/tutorial.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Setup
 =====
 After the `development tool <https://github.com/owncloud/ocdev/blob/master/README.rst#installation>`_ has been installed the :doc:`development environment needs to be set up <../general/devenv>`. This can be done by either `downloading the zip from the website <http://owncloud.org/install/>`_ or cloning it directly from GitHub::
 
-    ocdev setup core --dir owncloud  --branch stable8
+    ocdev setup core --dir owncloud  --branch $BRANCH
+
+.. note:: $BRANCH is the desired ownCloud branch (e.g. stable7 for ownCloud 7, stable8 for ownCloud 8, etc)
 
 First you want to enable debug mode to get proper error messages. To do that add **DEFINE('DEBUG', true);** at the end of the **owncloud/config/config.php** file::