diff --git a/src/nix/profile.md b/src/nix/profile.md
index 273e02280..bf61ef4b9 100644
--- a/src/nix/profile.md
+++ b/src/nix/profile.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ them to be rolled back easily.
 The default profile used by `nix profile` is `$HOME/.nix-profile`,
 which, if it does not exist, is created as a symlink to
 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/default` if Nix is invoked by the
-`root` user, or `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/`*username* otherwise.
+`root` user, or `${XDG_STATE_HOME-$HOME/.local/state}/nix/profiles/profile` otherwise.
 
 You can specify another profile location using `--profile` *path*.
 
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ the profile. In turn, *path*`-`*N* is a symlink to a path in the Nix
 store. For example:
 
 ```console
-$ ls -l /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile*
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile -> profile-7-link
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
-lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/alice/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
+$ ls -l ~alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile*
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 14 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile -> profile-7-link
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 28 16:18 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-5-link -> /nix/store/q69xad13ghpf7ir87h0b2gd28lafjj1j-profile
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Oct 29 13:20 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-6-link -> /nix/store/6bvhpysd7vwz7k3b0pndn7ifi5xr32dg-profile
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 alice users 51 Nov 25 14:35 /home/alice/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link -> /nix/store/mp0x6xnsg0b8qhswy6riqvimai4gm677-profile
 ```
 
 Each of these symlinks is a root for the Nix garbage collector.
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ profile is a tree of symlinks to the files of the installed packages,
 e.g.
 
 ```console
-$ ll -R /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile-7-link/
-/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile-7-link/:
+$ ll -R ~eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/
+/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/:
 total 20
 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 bin
 -r--r--r-- 2 root root 1402 Jan  1  1970 manifest.json
 dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan  1  1970 share
 
-/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile-7-link/bin:
+/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/bin:
 total 20
 lrwxrwxrwx 5 root root 79 Jan  1  1970 chromium -> /nix/store/ijm5k0zqisvkdwjkc77mb9qzb35xfi4m-chromium-86.0.4240.111/bin/chromium
 lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 87 Jan  1  1970 spotify -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/bin/spotify
 lrwxrwxrwx 3 root root 79 Jan  1  1970 zoom-us -> /nix/store/wbhg2ga8f3h87s9h5k0slxk0m81m4cxl-zoom-us-5.3.469451.0927/bin/zoom-us
 
-/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/eelco/profile-7-link/share/applications:
+/home/eelco/.local/state/nix/profiles/profile-7-link/share/applications:
 total 12
 lrwxrwxrwx 4 root root 120 Jan  1  1970 chromium-browser.desktop -> /nix/store/4cf803y4vzfm3gyk3vzhzb2327v0kl8a-chromium-unwrapped-86.0.4240.111/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop
 lrwxrwxrwx 7 root root 110 Jan  1  1970 spotify.desktop -> /nix/store/w9182874m1bl56smps3m5zjj36jhp3rn-spotify-1.1.26.501.gbe11e53b-15/share/applications/spotify.desktop