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diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
index dcd7e92c642d..cd32a8bd3975 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/nongnu-packages.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ To update the list of packages from nongnu (ELPA),
 
 1. Run `./update-nongnu`.
 2. Check for evaluation errors:
-     env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate ../../../../.. -A emacs.pkgs.nongnuPackages
+     # "../../../../../" points to the default.nix from root of Nixpkgs tree
+     env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.nongnuPackages
 3. Run `git commit -m "nongnu-packages $(date -Idate)" -- nongnu-generated.nix`
 
 */