diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
index 8f37eb353937..b927c7c0e877 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ The NixOS installer ships with multiple partitioning tools. The examples
 below use `parted`, but also provides `fdisk`, `gdisk`, `cfdisk`, and
 `cgdisk`.
 
+Use the command 'lsblk' to find the name of your 'disk' device.
+
 The recommended partition scheme differs depending if the computer uses
 *Legacy Boot* or *UEFI*.