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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c1e51eac94..c14272ed9a 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2244,7 +2244,11 @@ For example, @var{expr} may be @code{(@@ (gnu packages guile) guile-1.8)}, which unambiguously designates this specific variant of version 1.8 of Guile. -Alternately, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure +Alternately, @var{expr} may be a G-expression, in which case it is used +as a build program passed to @code{gexp->derivation} +(@pxref{G-Expressions}). + +Lastly, @var{expr} may refer to a zero-argument monadic procedure (@pxref{The Store Monad}). The procedure must return a derivation as a monadic value, which is then passed through @code{run-with-store}. |