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diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index cccee8d46..c73466ef5 100644
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+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ gc-keep-derivations = true # Idem
env-keep-derivations = false
</programlisting>
+<para>You can override settings using the <option>--option</option>
+flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
+
<para>The following settings are currently available:
<variablelist>
@@ -310,8 +313,7 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting>
<varlistentry><term><literal>binary-caches</literal></term>
<listitem><para>A list of URLs of binary caches, separated by
- whitespace. It can be overriden through the environment variable
- <envar>NIX_BINARY_CACHES</envar>. The default is
+ whitespace. The default is
<literal>http://nixos.org/binary-cache</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>