diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
index 117ca6fc426e..675e748b4cb7 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ To make GDB find debug information for the `socat` package and its dependencies,
 
 ```nix
 {
-  pkgs ? import ./. {
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {
     config = { };
     overlays = [
       (final: prev: {