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diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml
index da2e5076c95..23abb546899 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/running-nixos-tests.section.xml
@@ -4,22 +4,11 @@
     You can run tests using <literal>nix-build</literal>. For example,
     to run the test
     <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests/login.nix"><literal>login.nix</literal></link>,
-    you just do:
+    you do:
   </para>
   <programlisting>
-$ nix-build '&lt;nixpkgs/nixos/tests/login.nix&gt;'
-</programlisting>
-  <para>
-    or, if you don’t want to rely on <literal>NIX_PATH</literal>:
-  </para>
-  <programlisting>
-$ cd /my/nixpkgs/nixos/tests
-$ nix-build login.nix
-…
-running the VM test script
-machine: QEMU running (pid 8841)
-…
-6 out of 6 tests succeeded
+$ cd /my/git/clone/of/nixpkgs
+$ nix-build -A nixosTests.login
 </programlisting>
   <para>
     After building/downloading all required dependencies, this will