diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 9cea2db610e0..f1e1568c0349 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -392,7 +392,11 @@
hardware-configuration.nix is included from
configuration.nix and will be overwritten by future
invocations of nixos-generate-config; thus, you
- generally should not modify it.)
+ generally should not modify it.) Additionally, you may want to look at
+ Hardware
+ configuration for known-hardware at this point or after
+ installation.
+