From b9962699889e8b61df146edc76d9f740382c8d58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillaume Girol <symphorien+git@xlumurb.eu>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/doc: don't advise to build master

---
 .../manual/from_md/installation/building-nixos.chapter.xml   | 5 +++++
 nixos/doc/manual/installation/building-nixos.chapter.md      | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/building-nixos.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/building-nixos.chapter.xml
index e7a76a6d715..ea2d01bebcc 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/building-nixos.chapter.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/building-nixos.chapter.xml
@@ -33,9 +33,14 @@
   </para>
   <section xml:id="sec-building-image-instructions">
     <title>Practical Instructions</title>
+    <para>
+      To build an ISO image for the channel
+      <literal>nixos-unstable</literal>:
+    </para>
     <programlisting>
 $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
 $ cd nixpkgs/nixos
+$ git switch nixos-unstable
 $ nix-build -A config.system.build.isoImage -I nixos-config=modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix default.nix
 </programlisting>
     <para>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/building-nixos.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/building-nixos.chapter.md
index 27d7e1d3855..17da261fbda 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/building-nixos.chapter.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/building-nixos.chapter.md
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ enforced values with `mkForce`.
 
 ## Practical Instructions {#sec-building-image-instructions}
 
+To build an ISO image for the channel `nixos-unstable`:
+
 ```ShellSession
 $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs.git
 $ cd nixpkgs/nixos
+$ git switch nixos-unstable
 $ nix-build -A config.system.build.isoImage -I nixos-config=modules/installer/cd-dvd/installation-cd-minimal.nix default.nix
 ```