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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml5
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/opt-common.xml12
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
index 6628fde93..d65f4009e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/opt-common-syn.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
<option>-I</option>
<replaceable>path</replaceable>
</arg>
+<arg>
+ <option>--option</option>
+ <replaceable>name</replaceable>
+ <replaceable>value</replaceable>
+</arg>
<sbr />
</nop>
diff --git a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
index b9df23dcf..0b5751767 100644
--- a/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/opt-common.xml
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
<listitem><para>Causes Nix to print out a stack trace in case of Nix
expression evaluation errors.</para></listitem>
-
+
</varlistentry>
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry><term><option>--option</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>value</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the Nix configuration option
+ <replaceable>name</replaceable> to <replaceable>value</replaceable>.
+ This overrides settings in the Nix configuration file (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>).</para></listitem>
+
+</varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>