diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
index 74b3b83f09f7..108c1b495c9e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems.nix
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ let
           type = types.nullOr nonEmptyStr;
           description = ''
             Label of the device. This simply sets {option}`device` to
-            `/dev/disk/by-id/''${label}`. Note that devices will not
+            `/dev/disk/by-label/''${label}`. Note that devices will not
             have a label unless they contain a filesystem which
             supports labels, such as ext4 or fat32.
           '';