diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/imperative-containers.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/imperative-containers.section.md
index f45991780c4b..852305ad8148 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/imperative-containers.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/imperative-containers.section.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Linux foo 3.4.82 #1-NixOS SMP Thu Mar 20 14:44:05 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
 There are several ways to change the configuration of the container.
 First, on the host, you can edit
-`/var/lib/container/name/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`, and run
+`/var/lib/nixos-containers/foo/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`, and run
 
 ```ShellSession
 # nixos-container update foo