diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
index db34fde75..31300631c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/language/index.md
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ This is an incomplete overview of language features, by example.
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   <td>
 
-   <nixpkgs>
+   `<nixpkgs>`
 
   </td>
   <td>
 
-   Search path. Value determined by [`$NIX_PATH` environment variable](../command-ref/env-common.md#env-NIX_PATH).
+   Search path for Nix files. Value determined by [`$NIX_PATH` environment variable](../command-ref/env-common.md#env-NIX_PATH).
 
   </td>
  </tr>