From 696a8bd2b5750d5a0c67887cce0628f59dc26f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Hensing <robert@roberthensing.nl>
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:11:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nixpkgs.overlays: Add note about nixpkgs.pkgs' treatment of
 other options

---
 nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
index ee85f8c7ab96..81556c419bd7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ in
         If <code>nixpkgs.pkgs</code> is set, overlays specified here
         will be applied after the overlays that were already present
         in <code>nixpkgs.pkgs</code>.
+
+        Note that other options such as <code>nixpkgs.config</code> will
+        be ignored when <code>nixpkgs.pkgs</code> is set.
       '';
     };