diff --git a/doc/functions.xml b/doc/functions.xml
index 29b27d7d0dea..970367870eed 100644
--- a/doc/functions.xml
+++ b/doc/functions.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   The nixpkgs repository has several utility functions to manipulate Nix expressions.
  </para>
  <xi:include href="functions/library.xml" />
- <xi:include href="functions/overrides.xml" />
  <xi:include href="functions/generators.xml" />
  <xi:include href="functions/debug.xml" />
  <xi:include href="functions/fhs-environments.xml" />
diff --git a/doc/manual.xml b/doc/manual.xml
index 525373a34272..31c507178a8a 100644
--- a/doc/manual.xml
+++ b/doc/manual.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   <title>Using Nixpkgs</title>
   <xi:include href="configuration.xml" />
   <xi:include href="overlays.xml" />
+  <xi:include href="overrides.xml" />
   <xi:include href="functions.xml" />
  </part>
  <part>
diff --git a/doc/functions/overrides.xml b/doc/overrides.xml
similarity index 98%
rename from doc/functions/overrides.xml
rename to doc/overrides.xml
index 4ba4283c6094..991e13a1b828 100644
--- a/doc/functions/overrides.xml
+++ b/doc/overrides.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-         xml:id="sec-overrides">
+         xml:id="chap-overrides">
  <title>Overriding</title>
 
  <para>
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ c = lib.makeOverridable f { a = 1; b = 2; };
    The variable <varname>c</varname> however also has some additional functions, like <link linkend="sec-pkg-override">c.override</link> which can be used to override the default arguments. In this example the value of <varname>(c.override { a = 4; }).result</varname> is 6.
   </para>
  </section>
-</section>
+</chapter>