diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml
index 8ed45899fd7f..45d68f8787f1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ nixpkgs https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable</screen>
     NixOS partition. They are installed by default on NixOS, but you don't have
     NixOS yet..
    </para>
-<screen><prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -iE "_: with import &lt;nixpkgs/nixos&gt; { configuration = {}; }; with config.system.build; [ nixos-generate-config nixos-install nixos-enter manual.manpages ]"</screen>
+<screen><prompt>$ </prompt>nix-env -f '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos&gt;' --arg configuration {} -iA config.system.build.{nixos-generate-config,nixos-install,nixos-enter,manual.manpages}</screen>
   </listitem>
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    <note>