diff --git a/doc/meta.xml b/doc/meta.xml
index ccbc812a862..20cd4f455b5 100644
--- a/doc/meta.xml
+++ b/doc/meta.xml
@@ -272,11 +272,9 @@ meta.platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
       <para>
        This attribute is special in that it is not actually under the
        <literal>meta</literal> attribute set but rather under the
-       <literal>passthru</literal> attribute set. This is due to a current
-       limitation of Nix, and will change as soon as Nixpkgs will be able to
-       depend on a new enough version of Nix. See
-       <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2532">the relevant
-       issue</link> for more details.
+       <literal>passthru</literal> attribute set. This is due to how
+       <literal>meta</literal> attributes work, and the fact that they
+       are supposed to contain only metadata, not derivations.
       </para>
      </warning>
      <para>