diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
index 7991c43e01fe..5655295871e1 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
@@ -380,7 +380,10 @@
     </para>
     <para>
      If you need to configure networking for your machine the configuration
-     options are described in <xref linkend="sec-networking"/>.
+     options are described in <xref linkend="sec-networking"/>. In particular,
+     while wifi is supported on the installation image, it is not enabled by
+     default in the configuration generated by
+     <command>nixos-generate-config</command>.
     </para>
     <para>
      Another critical option is <option>fileSystems</option>, specifying the