diff --git a/doc/using/configuration.chapter.md b/doc/using/configuration.chapter.md
index 1bf18eab5710..0391af0f1760 100644
--- a/doc/using/configuration.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/using/configuration.chapter.md
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ if [ -d "${HOME}/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d" ]; then
 fi
 ```
 
-Now just run `source "${HOME}/.profile"` and you can start loading man pages from your environment.
+Now just run `. "${HOME}/.profile"` and you can start loading man pages from your environment.
 
 ### GNU info setup {#sec-gnu-info-setup}