diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
index 6eb8f50baca..44ff1f1b571 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/configuration.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  <xi:include href="user-mgmt.xml" />
  <xi:include href="file-systems.xml" />
  <xi:include href="x-windows.xml" />
+ <xi:include href="wayland.xml" />
  <xi:include href="gpu-accel.xml" />
  <xi:include href="xfce.xml" />
  <xi:include href="networking.xml" />
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/wayland.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/wayland.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..231c219cf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/wayland.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<chapter 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-wayland">
+ <title>Wayland</title>
+
+ <para>
+  While X11 (see <xref linkend="sec-x11"/>) is still the primary display
+  technology on NixOS, Wayland support is steadily improving.
+  Where X11 separates the X Server and the window manager, on Wayland those
+  are combined: a Wayland Compositor is like an X11 window manager, but also
+  embeds the Wayland 'Server' functionality. This means it is sufficient to
+  install a Wayland Compositor such as <package>sway</package> without
+  separately enabling a Wayland server:
+<programlisting>
+<xref linkend="opt-programs.sway.enable"/> = true;
+</programlisting>
+  This installs the <package>sway</package> compositor along with some
+  essential utilities. Now you can start <package>sway</package> from the TTY
+  console.
+ </para>
+</chapter>