diff --git a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
index d25c46b85..64c7a37fb 100644
--- a/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/installation/installing-binary.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ $ rm -rf /nix
     installation on your system:
   </para>
 
-  <screen>sh &lt;(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon</screen>
+  <screen>sh &lt;(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --daemon</screen>
 
   <para>
     The multi-user installation of Nix will create build users between
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
     is a bit of a misnomer). To use this approach, just install Nix with:
   </para>
 
-  <screen>$ sh &lt;(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume</screen>
+  <screen>$ sh &lt;(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume</screen>
 
   <para>
     If you don't like the sound of this, you'll want to weigh the
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ LABEL=Nix\040Store /nix apfs rw,nobrowse
   NixOS.org installation script:
 
   <screen>
-  sh &lt;(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install)
+  sh &lt;(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install)
 </screen>
   </para>
 
diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 157e8ddb4..00c9d540b 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ This script is going to call sudo a lot. Normally, it would show you
 exactly what commands it is running and why. However, the script is
 run in a headless fashion, like this:
 
-  $ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
+  $ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
 
 or maybe in a CI pipeline. Because of that, we're going to skip the
 verbose output in the interest of brevity.
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ verbose output in the interest of brevity.
 If you would like to
 see the output, try like this:
 
-  $ curl -o install-nix https://nixos.org/nix/install
+  $ curl -L -o install-nix https://nixos.org/nix/install
   $ sh ./install-nix
 
 EOF
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index 826ca8b8c..5824c2217 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
         (
             echo ""
             echo "Installing on macOS >=10.15 requires relocating the store to an apfs volume."
-            echo "Use sh <(curl https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume or run the preparation steps manually."
+            echo "Use sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume or run the preparation steps manually."
             echo "See https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sect-macos-installation"
             echo ""
         ) >&2