diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
index d9306ae56bd..c17739825bc 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/python.md
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ nix-env -if build.nix
 ```
 Now you can use the Python interpreter, as well as the extra packages that you added to the environment.
 
-#### Environment defined in `~/.nixpkgs/config.nix`
+#### Environment defined in `~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix`
 
 If you prefer to, you could also add the environment as a package override to the Nixpkgs set.
 ```nix
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
index ffdaf3949ae..13102877d7e 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # idea: provide a build environments for your developement of preference
 /*
   #### examples of use: ####
-  # Add this to your ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix:
+  # Add this to your ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix:
   {
     packageOverrides = pkgs : with pkgs; {
       sdlEnv = pkgs.myEnvFun {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   ##### Another example, more complicated but achieving more: #######
   # Make an environment to build nix from source and create ctags (tagfiles can
   # be extracted from TAG_FILES) from every source package. Here would be a
-  # full ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix
+  # full ~/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix
   {
     packageOverrides = pkgs : with pkgs; with sourceAndTags;
     let complicatedMyEnv = { name, buildInputs ? [], cTags ? [], extraCmds ? ""}: