From e704c90b50ff7638d2bdfec5ea50903e6c43e5a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotaseCretagen <Notase.Cretagen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:14:06 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Manual: rephrase definition for indented strings (#15086)

Closes #15076
---
 nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
index 9b240979273..645257687fd 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/config-file.xml
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@ networking.extraHosts =
   '';
 </programlisting>
 
-      The main difference is that preceding whitespace is
-      automatically stripped from each line, and that characters like
+      The main difference is that it strips from each line
+      a number of spaces equal to the minimal indentation of
+      the string as a whole (disregarding the indentation of
+      empty lines), and that characters like
       <literal>"</literal> and <literal>\</literal> are not special
       (making it more convenient for including things like shell
       code).</para>
+      See more info about this in the Nix manual <link
+xlink:href="https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-values">here</link>.
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   </varlistentry>