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+R""(
+
+# Examples
+
+* Bundle Hello:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix bundle nixpkgs#hello
+ # ./hello
+ Hello, world!
+ ```
+
+* Bundle a specific version of Nix:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix bundle github:NixOS/nix/e3ddffb27e5fc37a209cfd843c6f7f6a9460a8ec
+ # ./nix --version
+ nix (Nix) 2.4pre20201215_e3ddffb
+ ```
+
+# Description
+
+`nix bundle` packs the closure of the [Nix app](./nix3-run.md)
+*installable* into a single self-extracting executable. See the
+[`nix-bundle` homepage](https://github.com/matthewbauer/nix-bundle)
+for more details.
+
+> **Note**
+>
+> This command only works on Linux.
+
+)""