diff --git a/doc/shell.md b/doc/shell.md
index a4f999695cb..079574d4ae8 100644
--- a/doc/shell.md
+++ b/doc/shell.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
-title: stdenv.mkShell
+title: pkgs.mkShell
 author: zimbatm
 date: 2017-10-30
 ---
 
-stdenv.mkShell is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using
+pkgs.mkShell is a special kind of derivation that is only useful when using
 it combined with nix-shell. It will in fact fail to instantiate when invoked
 with nix-build.