diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 1cdf99dba7..57844d4722 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -9660,12 +9660,12 @@ unless your configuration specifies otherwise
 (@pxref{user-account-password, user account passwords}).
 
 @cindex upgrading GuixSD
-From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running
-@command{guix pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and
-then running @command{guix system reconfigure} to build a new system
-generation with the latest packages and services (@pxref{Invoking guix
-system}).  We recommend doing that regularly so that your system
-includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
+From then on, you can update GuixSD whenever you want by running @command{guix
+pull} as @code{root} (@pxref{Invoking guix pull}), and then running
+@command{guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm}, as @code{root} too, to
+build a new system generation with the latest packages and services
+(@pxref{Invoking guix system}).  We recommend doing that regularly so that
+your system includes the latest security updates (@pxref{Security Updates}).
 
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