diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
index 152493151fd..65f2e5d7af9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/shells-environment.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ in
 
     environment.profileRelativeEnvVars = mkOption {
       type = types.attrsOf (types.listOf types.str);
-      example = { PATH = [ "/bin" "/sbin" ]; MANPATH = [ "/man" "/share/man" ]; };
+      example = { PATH = [ "/bin" ]; MANPATH = [ "/man" "/share/man" ]; };
       description = ''
         Attribute set of environment variable.  Each attribute maps to a list
         of relative paths.  Each relative path is appended to the each profile