nixos/doc/running-nixos-tests-interactively: Describe interactive option

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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
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--- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/running-nixos-tests-interactively.section.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ back into the test driver command line upon its completion. This allows
 you to inspect the state of the VMs after the test (e.g. to debug the
 test script).
 
+## Reuse VM state {#sec-nixos-test-reuse-vm-state}
+
 You can re-use the VM states coming from a previous run by setting the
 `--keep-vm-state` flag.
 
@@ -33,3 +35,9 @@ $ ./result/bin/nixos-test-driver --keep-vm-state
 
 The machine state is stored in the `$TMPDIR/vm-state-machinename`
 directory.
+
+## Interactive-only test configuration {#sec-nixos-test-interactive-configuration}
+
+You can add configuration that is specific to the interactive test driver, by adding to the `interactive` option.
+`interactive` is a copy of the regular test options namespace, and is used by the interactive test driver.
+It can be helpful for troubleshooting changes that you don't want to apply to regular test runs.