diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.md b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.md
index a53ab55baf5b..ba1dfd4d9b9a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.md
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Some users may prefer to create advanced workflows around managing the bootloade
 
 You can replace the built-in bootloader support with your own tooling using the "external" bootloader option.
 
-Imagine you have created a new packaged called FooBoot.
+Imagine you have created a new package called FooBoot.
 FooBoot provides a program at `${pkgs.fooboot}/bin/fooboot-install` which takes the system closure's path as its only argument and configures the system's bootloader.
 
 You can enable FooBoot like this:
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.xml b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.xml
index b024e7dd4031..39ab2156bc8c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.xml
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/loader/external/external.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     tooling using the <quote>external</quote> bootloader option.
   </para>
   <para>
-    Imagine you have created a new packaged called FooBoot. FooBoot
+    Imagine you have created a new package called FooBoot. FooBoot
     provides a program at
     <literal>${pkgs.fooboot}/bin/fooboot-install</literal> which takes
     the system closure’s path as its only argument and configures the
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <para>
     You can enable FooBoot like this:
   </para>
-  <programlisting language="bash">
+  <programlisting language="nix">
 { pkgs, ... }: {
   boot.loader.external = {
     enable = true;