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diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
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+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -337,7 +337,20 @@ build-use-chroot = /dev /proc /bin</programlisting>
<literal>true</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+
+ <varlistentry><term><literal>auto-optimise-store</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If set to <literal>true</literal> (the default),
+ Nix automatically detects files in the store that have identical
+ contents, and replaces them with hard links to a single copy.
+ This saves disk space. If set to <literal>false</literal>, you
+ can still run <command>nix-store --optimise</command> to get rid
+ of duplicate files.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</para>