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-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/ttys/kmscon.nix12
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/mesa.nix2
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/ttys/kmscon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/ttys/kmscon.nix
index c1e98e8bb002..82a29734cdc6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/ttys/kmscon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/ttys/kmscon.nix
@@ -9,19 +9,25 @@ in {
   options = {
     services.kmscon = {
       enable = mkOption {
-        description = "Use kmscon as the virtual console instead of gettys";
+        description = ''
+          Use kmscon as the virtual console instead of gettys.
+          kmscon is a kms/dri-based userspace virtual terminal implementation.
+          It supports a richer feature set than the standard linux console VT,
+          including full unicode support, and when the video card supports drm
+          should be much faster.
+        '';
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
       };
 
       hwRender = mkOption {
-        description = "Whether to use 3D hardware acceleration to render the console";
+        description = "Whether to use 3D hardware acceleration to render the console.";
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
       };
 
       extraConfig = mkOption {
-        description = "Extra contents of the kmscon.conf file";
+        description = "Extra contents of the kmscon.conf file.";
         type = types.lines;
         default = "";
         example = "font-size=14";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/mesa.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/mesa.nix
index fdf1ca74b6eb..f3e24bac8165 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/mesa.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/mesa.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
 in {
   options = {
     services.mesa.enable = mkOption {
-      description = "Whether this configuration requires mesa";
+      description = "Whether this configuration requires mesa.";
       type = types.bool;
       default = false;
       internal = true;