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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
index 696d68c34..0217de7b2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
will cause Nix to look for paths relative to
<filename>/home/eelco/Dev</filename> and
- <filename>/etc/nixos</filename>, in that order. It is also
+ <filename>/etc/nixos</filename>, in this order. It is also
possible to match paths against a prefix. For example, the value
<screen>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-15.09.tar.gz</sc
15.09 channel.</para>
<para>A following shorthand can be used to refer to the official channels:
-
+
<screen>nixpkgs=channel:nixos-15.09</screen>
</para>
@@ -137,12 +137,19 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
<varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_CONF_DIR</envar></term>
- <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the Nix configuration
+ <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the system Nix configuration
directory (default
<filename><replaceable>prefix</replaceable>/etc/nix</filename>).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry><term><envar>NIX_USER_CONF_FILES</envar></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Overrides the location of the user Nix configuration files
+ to load from (defaults to the XDG spec locations). The variable is treated
+ as a list separated by the <literal>:</literal> token.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>