1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/builders/fetchers.chapter.md b/doc/builders/fetchers.chapter.md
index 12d8a5d887f..43aead0ad5e 100644
--- a/doc/builders/fetchers.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/builders/fetchers.chapter.md
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "hello";
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://...";
-    sparseCheckout = ''
-      directory/to/be/included
-      another/directory
-    '';
+    sparseCheckout = [
+      "directory/to/be/included"
+      "another/directory"
+    ];
     sha256 = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000";
   };
 }