diff --git a/docs/html/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.jd b/docs/html/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.jd
index abeb4bfff2d9a..9bafd84e26c15 100644
--- a/docs/html/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.jd
+++ b/docs/html/resources/tutorials/views/hello-tabwidget.jd
@@ -39,19 +39,25 @@ public class ArtistsActivity extends Activity {
 android.widget.TextView}, give it some text and set that as the content. Duplicate this for
 each of the three activities, and add the corresponding <code>&lt;activity/&gt;</code> tags to the Android Manifest file.</p>
 
-  <li>You're going to need an icon for each of your tabs. And for each one, you should create an 
-image for two different states: one for when the tab is selected, and one for when it is not. The
-general design recommendation is for the selected tab icon to be a darker color (grey), and the
-non-selected icon to be lighter (white). For example:
+  <li>You need an icon for each of your tabs. For each icon, you should create two versions: one
+for when the tab is selected and one for when it is unselected. The
+general design recommendation is for the selected icon to be a dark color (grey), and the
+unselected icon to be a light color (white). (See the <a
+href="{@docRoot}guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design.html#tabstructure">Icon Design
+Guidelines</a>.) For example:
   <p>
-  <img src="images/ic_tab_artists_white.png" title="ic_tab_artists_white.png"  alt="" />
-  <img src="images/ic_tab_artists_grey.png" title="ic_tab_artists_grey.png" alt="" />
+  <img src="images/ic_tab_artists_white.png" title="unselected tab icon"  alt="" />
+  <img src="images/ic_tab_artists_grey.png" title="selected tab icon" alt="" />
   </p>
-  <p>Copy these images for use in this tutorial. Save them into your project
-<code>res/drawable/</code> directory. You now need to create a {@link
-android.graphics.drawable.Drawable} with XML that specifies which image
-to use for each state. Create a new file in <code>res/drawable/</code> named
-<code>ic_tab_artists.xml</code> and insert the following:</p>
+  <p>For this tutorial, you can copy these images and use them for all three tabs. (When you
+create tabs in your own application, you should create customized tab icons.)</p>
+  <p>Now create a <a
+href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#StateList">state-list drawable</a>
+that specifies which image to use for each tab state:</p>
+  <ol>
+    <li>Save the icon images in your project <code>res/drawable/</code> directory.</li>
+    <li>Create a new XML file in <code>res/drawable/</code>
+named <code>ic_tab_artists.xml</code> and insert the following:
 <pre>
 &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 &lt;selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
@@ -62,9 +68,13 @@ to use for each state. Create a new file in <code>res/drawable/</code> named
     &lt;item android:drawable="@drawable/ic_tab_artists_white" />
 &lt;/selector>
 </pre>
-  <p>This is an XML definition for a {@link android.graphics.drawable.Drawable}, which you will
-reference as the image for a tab. When the image state changes, the image will automatically
-switch between the images defined here.</p>
+  <p>This is a <a
+href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/resources/drawable-resource.html#StateList">state-list drawable</a>,
+which you will apply as the tab image. When the tab state changes, the tab icon will
+automatically switch between the images defined here.</p>
+    </li>
+  </ol>
+  </li>
 
   <li>Open the <code>res/layout/main.xml</code> file and insert the following:
   <pre>
@@ -187,7 +197,7 @@ calling {@link android.widget.TabHost#addTab(TabHost.TabSpec)}.</p>
 </ol>
 
 
-<p>Your application should look like this:</p>
+<p>Your application should look like this (though your icons may be different):</p>
 <img src="images/hello-tabwidget.png" width="150px" />
 
 <h3>References</h3>