diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
index 7791a72d263..2a38b2adbbb 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2003.xml
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@
      choices (whether to perform the action as themselves with wheel permissions, or as the root user).
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+     NixOS containers no longer build NixOS manual by default. This saves evaluation time,
+     especially if there are many declarative containers defined. Note that this is already done
+     when <literal>&lt;nixos/modules/profiles/minimal.nix&gt;</literal> module is included
+     in container config.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
index f7a37d8c9f3..6ff6bdd30c2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ with lib;
     nix.optimise.automatic = mkDefault false; # the store is host managed
     services.udisks2.enable = mkDefault false;
     powerManagement.enable = mkDefault false;
+    documentation.nixos.enable = mkDefault false;
 
     networking.useHostResolvConf = mkDefault true;