diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/README.md b/meta-digi-containers/README.md
index 5fb637099..a6171f6b1 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/README.md
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Yocto layer for Digi container-focused image generation and packaging.
 
 This layer provides:
 
-- `dey-image-container` to generate container artifacts
-- `dey-image-container-manager` to run and manage Podman/LXC containers on target
+- `dey-image-dcp`: generates Digi Container Package (DCP) artifacts
+- `dey-image-containers`: generates a minimal root file system with the Container
+Manager and everything it requires to run and manage containers
 
 `cc-container-mng` depends on the container runtime packages listed in
 `CONTAINERS_BACKEND_TOOLS`, which defaults to `podman lxc`. Override it to select
@@ -17,14 +18,14 @@ CONTAINERS_BACKEND_TOOLS = "podman-trimmed"
 CONTAINERS_BACKEND_TOOLS = "lxc"
 ```
 
-`dey-image-container-manager` overrides `CONTAINERS_BACKEND_TOOLS` to install
+`dey-image-containers` overrides `CONTAINERS_BACKEND_TOOLS` to install
 the trimmed runtime packages to keep the image smaller.
 
-The layer explicitly depends on `meta-virtualization`, and
-`dey-image-container-manager`
-requires `DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " virtualization"` in `local.conf`.
+The layer explicitly depends on `meta-virtualization`.
+`dey-image-dcp` and`dey-image-containers` requires
+`DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " virtualization"` in `local.conf`.
 
-The `dey-image-container` workflow produces:
+The `dey-image-dcp` workflow produces:
 
 - A base rootfs (`tar.xz`)
 - An OCI image output
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ In those manifests:
 - `registration_defaults` is limited to local manager policy such as `autostart`,
   `monitor`, and `restart`; this release does not generate DRM-specific defaults
 
-`dey-image-container-manager` also overrides the manager persistent base path
+`dey-image-containers` also overrides the manager persistent base path
 through `CC_CONTAINER_PATH`, which defaults to `${ROOT_HOME}/cc-container` in
 the Digi platform defaults. This makes the effective target paths live under
 `/root/cc-container` in DEY images, while the upstream `cc-container-mng`
@@ -124,15 +125,15 @@ project keeps `/opt/cc-container` as its built-in default.
 
 Main recipes:
 
-- `recipes-core/images/dey-image-container.bb`
-- `recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager.bb`
+- `recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp.bb`
+- `recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers.bb`
 
 Recipe includes:
 
-- `dey-image-container-fragments.inc`
-- `dey-image-container-lxc.inc`
-- `dey-image-container-podman.inc`
-- `dey-image-container-artifact.inc`
+- `dey-image-dcp-fragments.inc`
+- `dey-image-dcp-lxc.inc`
+- `dey-image-dcp-podman.inc`
+- `dey-image-dcp-artifact.inc`
 
 Container support files:
 
@@ -168,12 +169,12 @@ CONTAINER_NAME = "webkit-example"
 # PODMAN_TAG defaults to "${CONTAINER_NAME}-tag"
 ```
 
-If `CONTAINER_TYPE` is not set, `dey-image-container` now defaults to `lvgl`.
+If `CONTAINER_TYPE` is not set, `dey-image-dcp` now defaults to `lvgl`.
 
 Build:
 
 ```bash
-bitbake dey-image-container
+bitbake dey-image-dcp
 ```
 
 Outputs are generated in:
@@ -191,13 +192,14 @@ Notes:
   manifest does not provide one explicitly. In that default case it appends a
   base36-encoded millisecond timestamp suffix, stores the generated `package_id`
   in the final `manifest.json`, and uses it in the DCP file name.
-- In Yocto builds, `dey-image-container` keeps that unique-name behavior and
+- In Yocto builds, `dey-image-dcp` keeps that unique-name behavior and
   removes older DCP artifacts with the same `${CONTAINER_NAME}` prefix before
   generating the new one, so the deploy directory does not keep accumulating
   previous builds of the same container/runtime.
 
-Intermediate outputs generated during the build (LXC bundle, Podman archive, OCI/rootfs files)
-are removed automatically at the end of artifact creation.
+Intermediate rootfs and OCI outputs are kept available for incremental rebuilds.
+The LXC bundle and Podman archive are generated as temporary payloads while
+creating the final DCP artifacts, then removed at the end of artifact creation.
 
 ## Profiles
 
@@ -362,4 +364,5 @@ To create a new profile:
 ## Notes
 
 - Intermediate container artifacts from the current build are removed at the end of the artifact task.
-- If `dey-image-container` is not found, verify the layer is present in `BBLAYERS`.
+- If `dey-image-dcp` or `dey-image-containers` is not found, verify the layer is present in `BBLAYERS`
+and `DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " virtualization"` is defined in `local.conf`.
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc-trimmed_git.bb b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc-trimmed_git.bb
index f4d8aa587..50785fc1d 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc-trimmed_git.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/lxc/lxc-trimmed_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${COREBASE}/../meta-virtualization/recipes-container
 
 require recipes-containers/lxc/lxc_git.bb
 
-DESCRIPTION = "Trimmed LXC runtime for dey-image-container-manager"
+DESCRIPTION = "Trimmed LXC runtime for dey-image-containers"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/lxc/rootfs"
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/podman/podman-trimmed_git.bb b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/podman/podman-trimmed_git.bb
index 2333383b2..0dd77c3cf 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/podman/podman-trimmed_git.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-containers/podman/podman-trimmed_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${COREBASE}/../meta-virtualization/recipes-container
 
 require recipes-containers/podman/podman_git.bb
 
-DESCRIPTION = "Trimmed Podman runtime for dey-image-container-manager"
+DESCRIPTION = "Trimmed Podman runtime for dey-image-containers"
 
 # Enable Podman bridge networking with netavark
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking = "netavark"
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager-swu.bb b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers-swu.bb
similarity index 82%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager-swu.bb
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers-swu.bb
index a9a265090..b0d087878 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager-swu.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers-swu.bb
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/../../../meta-digi-dey/recipes-digi/swu-i
 
 require recipes-digi/swu-images/swu.inc
 
-IMG_NAME = "dey-image-container-manager"
+IMG_NAME = "dey-image-containers"
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager.bb b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers.bb
similarity index 97%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager.bb
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers.bb
index e7049de7a..b4f236148 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-manager.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-containers.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2026, Digi International Inc.
 #
-DESCRIPTION = "Minimal DEY container manager image"
+DESCRIPTION = "Minimal DEY containers image"
 
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-artifact.inc b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-artifact.inc
similarity index 99%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-artifact.inc
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-artifact.inc
index 16bf05e3d..784e54505 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-artifact.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-artifact.inc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do_image_container_artifacts() {
     image_prefix="${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
     mkdir -p "${T}"
     export TMPDIR="${T}"
-    workdir="$(mktemp -d "${T}/dey-image-container-artifact.XXXXXX")"
+    workdir="$(mktemp -d "${T}/dey-image-dcp-artifact.XXXXXX")"
     cleanup_workdir() {
         rm -rf "${workdir}"
     }
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-fragments.inc b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-fragments.inc
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-fragments.inc
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-fragments.inc
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-lxc.inc b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-lxc.inc
similarity index 96%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-lxc.inc
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-lxc.inc
index 81c7a96e7..3553beaed 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-lxc.inc
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-lxc.inc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ do_image_lxc_bundle() {
     lxc_tar="${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${LXC_OUTPUT_NAME}"
     mkdir -p "${T}"
     export TMPDIR="${T}"
-    workdir="$(mktemp -d "${T}/dey-image-container-lxc.XXXXXX")"
+    workdir="$(mktemp -d "${T}/dey-image-dcp-lxc.XXXXXX")"
     cleanup_workdir() {
         rm -rf "${workdir}"
     }
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-podman.inc b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-podman.inc
similarity index 100%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container-podman.inc
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp-podman.inc
diff --git a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container.bb b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp.bb
similarity index 97%
rename from meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container.bb
rename to meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp.bb
index 1df94774c..8d413d47b 100644
--- a/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-container.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-containers/recipes-core/images/dey-image-dcp.bb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2026, Digi International Inc.
 
-SUMMARY = "Minimal LXC container image"
+SUMMARY = "Recipe to build Digi Container Packages (DCP) in LXC and Podman/Docker variants"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 
-require dey-image-container-artifact.inc
-require dey-image-container-fragments.inc
-require dey-image-container-lxc.inc
-require dey-image-container-podman.inc
+require dey-image-dcp-artifact.inc
+require dey-image-dcp-fragments.inc
+require dey-image-dcp-lxc.inc
+require dey-image-dcp-podman.inc
 
 inherit core-image image-container image-oci