diff --git a/nixos/release-small.nix b/nixos/release-small.nix
index 7be300bbcf3b..2b553adf2bd6 100644
--- a/nixos/release-small.nix
+++ b/nixos/release-small.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 # This jobset is used to generate a NixOS channel that contains a
 # small subset of Nixpkgs, mostly useful for servers that need fast
 # security updates.
-
+#
+# Individual jobs can be tested by running:
+#
+#   nix-build nixos/release-small.nix -A <jobname>
+#
 { nixpkgs ? { outPath = (import ../lib).cleanSource ./..; revCount = 56789; shortRev = "gfedcba"; }
 , stableBranch ? false
 , supportedSystems ? [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ] # no i686-linux