diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 39407c9ac..191fa7810 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -499,11 +499,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
         <title>Fetching a tag</title>
         <programlisting>builtins.fetchGit {
   url = "https://github.com/nixos/nix.git";
-  ref = "tags/1.9";
+  ref = "refs/tags/1.9";
 }</programlisting>
-        <note><para>Due to a bug (<link
-        xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2385">#2385</link>),
-        only non-annotated tags can be fetched.</para></note>
       </example>
 
       <example>