diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/editors/emacs.xml b/nixos/modules/services/editors/emacs.xml
index 28cdd60fce29..e0dec52fb4d7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/editors/emacs.xml
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/editors/emacs.xml
@@ -574,6 +574,55 @@ services.emacs.install = true;
       &lt;RET&gt; nixos-rebuild &lt;RET&gt;.</literal>
     </para>
   </section>
+
+  <section xml:id="sec-emacs-docbook-xml">
+    <title>Editing DocBook 5 XML Documents</title>
+    <para>
+      Emacs includes <link
+      xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/nxml-mode/Introduction.html">nXML</link>,
+      a major-mode for validating and editing XML documents.
+      When editing DocBook 5.0 documents, such as
+      <link linkend="book-nixos-manual">this one</link>,
+      nXML needs to be configured with the relevant schema, which is
+      not included.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      To install the DocBook 5.0 schemas, either add
+      <varname>pkgs.docbook5</varname> to
+      <varname>environment.systemPackages</varname> (<link
+      linkend="sec-declarative-package-mgmt">NixOS</link>), or run
+      <literal>nix-env -i pkgs.docbook5</literal>
+      (<link linkend="sec-ad-hoc-packages">Nix</link>).
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      Then customize the variable <varname>rng-schema-locating-files</varname> to include <filename>~/.emacs.d/schemas.xml</filename> and put the following text into that file:
+      <example xml:id="ex-emacs-docbook-xml">
+        <title>nXML Schema Configuration (<filename>~/.emacs.d/schemas.xml</filename>)</title>
+        <programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  To let emacs find this file, evaluate:
+  (add-to-list 'rng-schema-locating-files "~/.emacs.d/schemas.xml")
+-->
+<locatingRules xmlns="http://thaiopensource.com/ns/locating-rules/1.0">
+  <!--
+    Use this variation if pkgs.docbook5 is added to environment.systemPackages
+  -->
+  <namespace ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+             uri="/run/current-system/sw/share/xml/docbook-5.0/rng/docbookxi.rnc"/>
+  <!--
+    Use this variation if installing schema with "nix-env -iA pkgs.docbook5".
+  <namespace ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+             uri="../.nix-profile/share/xml/docbook-5.0/rng/docbookxi.rnc"/>
+  -->
+</locatingRules>
+]]></programlisting>
+    </example>
+  </para>
+
+  </section>
 </section>
 
 </chapter>