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# Writing NixOS Documentation {#sec-writing-documentation}
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As NixOS grows, so too does the need for a catalogue and explanation of
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its extensive functionality. Collecting pertinent information from
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disparate sources and presenting it in an accessible style would be a
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worthy contribution to the project.
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## Building the Manual {#sec-writing-docs-building-the-manual}
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The sources of the [](#book-nixos-manual) are in the
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[`nixos/doc/manual`](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos/doc/manual)
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subdirectory of the Nixpkgs repository.
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You can quickly validate your edits with `make`:
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```ShellSession
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$ cd /path/to/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual
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$ nix-shell
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nix-shell$ devmode
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```
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Once you are done making modifications to the manual, it's important to
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build it before committing. You can do that as follows:
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```ShellSession
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nix-build nixos/release.nix -A manual.x86_64-linux
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```
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When this command successfully finishes, it will tell you where the
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manual got generated. The HTML will be accessible through the `result`
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symlink at `./result/share/doc/nixos/index.html`.
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