diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
index 38f0e5301472..c52a8a3125c5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The first steps to all these are the same:
     :::
 
     ```ShellSession
-    $ sudo PATH="$PATH" NIX_PATH="$NIX_PATH" `which nixos-install` --root /mnt
+    $ sudo PATH="$PATH" NIX_PATH="$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels" `which nixos-install` --root /mnt
     ```
 
     Again, please refer to the `nixos-install` step in