From 7f707274cf4908379f92f49a5f6ee21f4cbd4013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bart Louwers <bart@emeel.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:03:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix `nix repl` command in NixOS manual

---
 doc/languages-frameworks/index.md                    | 2 +-
 nixos/doc/manual/configuration/modularity.section.md | 2 +-
 nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.md       | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.md
index bf2e46db0de7..6e2438ebcb6a 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Each supported language or software ecosystem has its own package set named `<la
   # Navigate Java compiler variants in `javaPackages` with `nix repl`
 
   ```shell-session
-  $ nix repl '<nixpkgs>' -I nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable
+  $ nix repl -f '<nixpkgs>' -I nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable
   nix-repl> javaPackages.<tab>
   javaPackages.compiler               javaPackages.openjfx15              javaPackages.openjfx21              javaPackages.recurseForDerivations
   javaPackages.jogl_2_4_0             javaPackages.openjfx17              javaPackages.openjfx25
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/modularity.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/modularity.section.md
index ee495bb4bc60..db062d9a58e4 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/modularity.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/modularity.section.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Interactive exploration of the configuration is possible using `nix
   repl`, a read-eval-print loop for Nix expressions. A typical use:
 
 ```ShellSession
-$ nix repl '<nixpkgs/nixos>'
+$ nix repl -f '<nixpkgs/nixos>'
 
 nix-repl> config.networking.hostName
 "mandark"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.md b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.md
index 5db44d8953ad..7d64e32e8337 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.md
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/postgresql.md
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ A complete list of options for the PostgreSQL module may be found [here](#opt-se
 
 The collection of plugins for each PostgreSQL version can be accessed with `.pkgs`. For example, for the `pkgs.postgresql_15` package, its plugin collection is accessed by `pkgs.postgresql_15.pkgs`:
 ```ShellSession
-$ nix repl '<nixpkgs>'
+$ nix repl -f '<nixpkgs>'
 
 Loading '<nixpkgs>'...
 Added 10574 variables.