From 5813e99fb35f2d84da06fa6b27082f74b4144d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:46:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Fix description.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=29022
---
 modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix b/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
index 88f5de1be5c6..a3ceba9e7273 100644
--- a/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -32,20 +32,25 @@ in
 
     nixpkgs.config = pkgs.lib.mkOption {
       default = {};
-      example = {
-        firefox.enableGeckoMediaPlayer = true;
-      };
+      example =
+        ''
+          { firefox.enableGeckoMediaPlayer = true;
+            packageOverrides = pkgs: {
+              firefox60Pkgs = pkgs.firefox60Pkgs.override {
+                enableOfficialBranding = true;
+              };
+            }; 
+          }
+        '';
       type = configType;
       description = ''
-        The configuration of the Nix Packages collection.  This expression
-        defines default value of attributes and allow packages to be
-        overriden globally via the `packageOverrides'.
-
-        the `packageOverrides' configuration option must be a set of new or
-        overriden packages.  Any occurence of `pkgs' inside this attribute
-        set refers to the *original* (un-overriden) set of packages,
-        allowing packageOverrides attributes to refer to the original
-        attributes (e.g. "packageOverrides.foo = ... pkgs.foo ...").
+        The configuration of the Nix Packages collection.  (For
+        details, see the Nixpkgs documentation.)  It allows you to set
+        package configuration options, and to override packages
+        globally through the <varname>packageOverrides</varname>
+        option.  The latter is a function that takes as an argument
+        the <emphasis>original</emphasis> Nixpkgs, and must evaluate
+        to a set of new or overriden packages.
       '';
     };