diff --git a/docs/module-sources.rst b/docs/module-sources.rst
index 1d9e5f03..687bfc1c 100644
--- a/docs/module-sources.rst
+++ b/docs/module-sources.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 Module Sources
 ==============
 
-A list of available module sources can be found in :doc:`manifests`. This
-guide will go in depth on each of them and provide examples.
+This page will go in depth on each source type with examples.
 
 Sources are copied or downloaded to the source directory before the build
-starts.
+starts. The source directory lives under flatpak-builder's state
+directory, which by default is located at ``.flatpak-builder`` on host,
+relative to the manifest root. The source directory for bzr, git and svn
+sources is at ``.flatpak-builder/git, .flatpak-builder/bzr, .flatpak-builder/svn``
+respectively while ``.flatpak-builder/downloads/<checksum>`` is used
+for file and archive sources.
 
 The ``type`` property of a source determines how that source will be
 handled before or during build by ``flatpak`` or ``flatpak-builder``.
@@ -14,8 +18,8 @@ Most of the sources support ``path`` and ``url`` property where ``path``
 is relative to the root of manifest and ``url`` is a direct url to the
 source.
 
-The ``url`` property requires a ``checksum`` of the file to be specified
-after it using ``sha256`` or ``sha512``.
+The ``url`` property requires a checksum to be specified after
+using ``sha256`` or ``sha512``.
 
 There are a few properties common to all source types ``only-arches``,
 ``skip-arches`` and ``dest``.
@@ -79,8 +83,6 @@ These are sources of ``type: archive``. They are downloaded to the
 download directory and extracted into the build directory when the build
 starts.
 
-The download directoy is ``.flatpak-builder/downloads/<checksum of source>/``.
-
 A typical example of using this is:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml