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</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry><term><option>--argstr</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>This option is like <option>--arg</option>, only the
+ value is not a Nix expression but a string. So instead of
+ <literal>--arg system \"i686-linux\"</literal> (the outer quotes are
+ to keep the shell happy) you can say <literal>--argstr system
+ i686-linux</literal>.</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry xml:id="opt-attr"><term><option>--attr</option> / <option>-A</option>
<replaceable>attrPath</replaceable></term>