diff --git a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/README.md b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/README.md
index d779529c7baf..0ed898f14565 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/README.md
+++ b/pkgs/test/nixpkgs-check-by-name/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Tests are declared in [`./tests`](./tests) as subdirectories imitating Nixpkgs w
 - `default.nix`:
   Always contains
   ```nix
-  import ../mock-nixpkgs.nix { root = ./.; }
+  import <test-nixpkgs> { root = ./.; }
   ```
   which makes
   ```