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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 47b98460a..ac1fe7e2f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -1203,7 +1203,10 @@ in foo</programlisting>
This is not allowed because it would cause a cyclic dependency in
the computation of the cryptographic hashes for
- <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para></listitem>
+ <varname>foo</varname> and <varname>bar</varname>.</para>
+ <para>It is also not possible to reference the result of a derivation.
+ If you are using Nixpkgs, the <literal>writeTextFile</literal> function is able to
+ do that.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>