1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
index a9e5641b05a2..cb2dbf6c8591 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let
     name = "nixos-generate-config";
     src = ./nixos-generate-config.pl;
     path = lib.optionals (lib.elem "btrfs" config.boot.supportedFilesystems) [ pkgs.btrfs-progs ];
-    perl = "${pkgs.perl}/bin/perl -I${pkgs.perlPackages.FileSlurp}/${pkgs.perl.libPrefix}";
+    perl = "${pkgs.perl.withPackages (p: [ p.FileSlurp ])}/bin/perl";
     inherit (config.system.nixos-generate-config) configuration desktopConfiguration;
     xserverEnabled = config.services.xserver.enable;
   };
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ in
         # List packages installed in system profile. To search, run:
         # \$ nix search wget
         # environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-        #   wget vim
+        #   vim # Do not forget to add an editor to edit configuration.nix! The Nano editor is also installed by default.
+        #   wget
         #   firefox
         # ];