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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
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+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/env-common.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ $ mount -o bind /mnt/otherdisk/nix /nix</screen>
<literal>daemon</literal> if you want to use the Nix daemon to
execute Nix operations. This is necessary in <link
linkend="ssec-multi-user">multi-user Nix installations</link>.
+ If the Nix daemon's Unix socket is at some non-standard path,
+ this variable should be set to <literal>unix://path/to/socket</literal>.
Otherwise, it should be left unset.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>