diff --git a/src/nix/local.mk b/src/nix/local.mk
index 0f2f016ec..dce454db5 100644
--- a/src/nix/local.mk
+++ b/src/nix/local.mk
@@ -32,3 +32,9 @@ src/nix/develop.cc: src/nix/get-env.sh.gen.hh
 src/nix-channel/nix-channel.cc: src/nix-channel/unpack-channel.nix.gen.hh
 
 src/nix/main.cc: doc/manual/generate-manpage.nix.gen.hh doc/manual/utils.nix.gen.hh
+
+src/nix/profile.cc: src/nix/profile.md src/nix/doc/files/user-profiles.md
+
+src/nix/doc/files/%.md: doc/manual/src/command-ref/files/%.md
+	mkdir -p $$(dirname $@)
+	( printf 'R""(\n'; cat $^; printf '\n)""' ) > $@
diff --git a/src/nix/profile.md b/src/nix/profile.md
index ffce5ad65..1c4e92ee4 100644
--- a/src/nix/profile.md
+++ b/src/nix/profile.md
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@ them to be rolled back easily.
 
 # Files
 
-See [the "User Profiles" documentation page](@docroot@/command-ref/files/user-profiles.md).
-
-This page can be viewed offline with **`man 5 nix3-user-profiles`**.
-
 )""
+#include "doc/files/user-profiles.md"