diff --git a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
index c57d45138..12b91c79e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/contributing/hacking.md
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ The following instructions assume you already have some version of Nix installed
 
 [installation instructions]: ../installation/installation.md
 
-## Nix with flakes
+## Building Nix with flakes
 
-This section assumes you are using Nix with [flakes] enabled. See the [next section](#classic-nix) for equivalent instructions which don't require flakes.
+This section assumes you are using Nix with the [`flakes`] and [`nix-command`] experimental features enabled.
+See the [Building Nix](#building-nix) section for equivalent instructions using stable Nix interfaces.
 
-[flakes]: ../command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.md#description
+[`flakes`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-feature-flakes
+[`nix-command`]: @docroot@/contributing/experimental-features.md#xp-nix-command
 
-To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
-variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
+To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
 
 ```console
 $ nix develop
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
 nix (Nix) 2.12
 ```
 
-To build a release version of Nix:
+To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
 
 ```console
 $ nix build
@@ -63,12 +64,9 @@ $ nix build
 
 You can also build Nix for one of the [supported target platforms](#target-platforms).
 
-## Classic Nix
+## Building Nix
 
-This section is for Nix without [flakes].
-
-To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment
-variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
+To build all dependencies and start a shell in which all environment variables are set up so that those dependencies can be found:
 
 ```console
 $ nix-shell
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ To install it in `$(pwd)/outputs` and test it:
 nix (Nix) 2.12
 ```
 
-To build Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture use
+To build a release version of Nix for the current operating system and CPU architecture:
 
 ```console
 $ nix-build