diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles.xml
index 841d8d79819..fb9d0967e61 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles.xml
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@
  <xi:include href="profiles/hardened.xml" />
  <xi:include href="profiles/headless.xml" />
  <xi:include href="profiles/installation-device.xml" />
+ <xi:include href="profiles/minimal.xml" />
 </chapter>
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a24af21bd7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+         xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+         version="5.0"
+         xml:id="sec-profile-minimal">
+ <title>Minimal</title>
+ <para>
+  This profile defines a small NixOS configuration. It does not contain any
+  graphical stuff. It's a very short file that enables
+  <link linkend="opt-environment.noXlibs">noXlibs</link>, sets
+  <link linkend="opt-i18n.supportedLocales">i18n.supportedLocales</link>
+  to only support the user-selected locale,
+  <link linkend="opt-documentation.enable">disables packages' documentation
+  </link>, and <link linkend="opt-sound.enable">disables sound</link>.
+ </para>
+</section>