diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
index fe340cfaedb6..9c36651d6874 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/grub/grub.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ let
     concatMap
     concatMapStrings
     concatStrings
-    concatStringsSep
     escapeShellArg
     flip
     foldr
@@ -491,10 +490,10 @@ in
 
       theme = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr types.path;
-        example = literalExpression "pkgs.nixos-grub2-theme";
+        example = literalExpression ''"''${pkgs.libsForQt5.breeze-grub}/grub/themes/breeze"'';
         default = null;
         description = ''
-          Grub theme to be used.
+          Path to the grub theme to be used.
         '';
       };