link "store derivation" to glossary definition

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 5cdd3e12c..d2600ca91 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SourceExprCommand::SourceExprCommand(bool supportReadOnlyMode)
 
     addFlag({
         .longName = "derivation",
-        .description = "Operate on the store derivation rather than its outputs.",
+        .description = "Operate on the [store derivation](../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation) rather than its outputs.",
         .category = installablesCategory,
         .handler = {&operateOn, OperateOn::Derivation},
     });
diff --git a/src/nix/nix.md b/src/nix/nix.md
index 43de6869b..9641cccb2 100644
--- a/src/nix/nix.md
+++ b/src/nix/nix.md
@@ -202,9 +202,11 @@ operate are determined as follows:
   a command like `nix shell nixpkgs#libxml2` will provide only those
   two outputs by default.
 
-  Note that a store derivation (given by `.drv` file store path) doesn't have
+  Note that a [store derivation] (given by its `.drv` file store path) doesn't have
   any attributes like `meta`, and thus this case doesn't apply to it.
 
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
+
 * Otherwise, Nix will use all outputs of the derivation.
 
 # Nix stores
diff --git a/src/nix/path-info.md b/src/nix/path-info.md
index 7a1714ba4..b30898ac0 100644
--- a/src/nix/path-info.md
+++ b/src/nix/path-info.md
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ R""(
   ]
   ```
 
-* Print the path of the store derivation produced by `nixpkgs#hello`:
+* Print the path of the [store derivation] produced by `nixpkgs#hello`:
+
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
 
   ```console
   # nix path-info --derivation nixpkgs#hello
diff --git a/src/nix/show-derivation.md b/src/nix/show-derivation.md
index aa863899c..2cd93aa62 100644
--- a/src/nix/show-derivation.md
+++ b/src/nix/show-derivation.md
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ R""(
 
 # Examples
 
-* Show the store derivation that results from evaluating the Hello
+* Show the [store derivation] that results from evaluating the Hello
   package:
 
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
+
   ```console
   # nix show-derivation nixpkgs#hello
   {
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ R""(
 # Description
 
 This command prints on standard output a JSON representation of the
-store derivations to which *installables* evaluate. Store derivations
+[store derivation]s to which *installables* evaluate. Store derivations
 are used internally by Nix. They are store paths with extension `.drv`
 that represent the build-time dependency graph to which a Nix
 expression evaluates.
diff --git a/src/nix/store-copy-log.md b/src/nix/store-copy-log.md
index 19ae57079..0937250f2 100644
--- a/src/nix/store-copy-log.md
+++ b/src/nix/store-copy-log.md
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ R""(
   (The flag `--substituters ''` avoids querying
   `https://cache.nixos.org` for the log.)
 
-* To copy the log for a specific store derivation via SSH:
+* To copy the log for a specific [store derivation] via SSH:
+
+  [store derivation]: ../../glossary.md#gloss-store-derivation
 
   ```console
   # nix store copy-log --to ssh-ng://machine /nix/store/ilgm50plpmcgjhcp33z6n4qbnpqfhxym-glibc-2.33-59.drv