diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.xml
index 024a24379dd6..35309a7aa326 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.xml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ $ sudo groupdel nixbld
         Generate your NixOS configuration:
       </para>
       <programlisting>
-$ sudo `which nixos-generate-config` --root /
+$ sudo `which nixos-generate-config`
 </programlisting>
       <para>
         Note that this will place the generated configuration files in
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
index fa8806f791d5..b9ccf1415179 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-from-other-distro.section.md
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The first steps to all these are the same:
     Generate your NixOS configuration:
 
     ```ShellSession
-    $ sudo `which nixos-generate-config` --root /
+    $ sudo `which nixos-generate-config`
     ```
 
     Note that this will place the generated configuration files in