1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix/copy.cc b/src/nix/copy.cc
index fe963e794..bf9ffe755 100644
--- a/src/nix/copy.cc
+++ b/src/nix/copy.cc
@@ -39,9 +39,17 @@ struct CmdCopy : StorePathsCommand
     {
         return {
             Example{
-                "To copy Firefox to the local store to a binary cache in file:///tmp/cache:",
+                "To copy Firefox from the local store to a binary cache in file:///tmp/cache:",
                 "nix copy --to file:///tmp/cache -r $(type -p firefox)"
             },
+            Example{
+                "To copy the entire current NixOS system closure to another machine via SSH:",
+                "nix copy --to ssh://server -r /run/current-system"
+            },
+            Example{
+                "To copy a closure from another machine via SSH:",
+                "nix copy --from ssh://server -r /nix/store/a6cnl93nk1wxnq84brbbwr6hxw9gp2w9-blender-2.79-rc2"
+            },
         };
     }