diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/options-to-docbook.xsl b/nixos/doc/manual/options-to-docbook.xsl
index c799eecc0c10..73c905fbca16 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/options-to-docbook.xsl
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/options-to-docbook.xsl
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@
   </xsl:template>
 
 
+  <xsl:template match="attrs[attr[@name = '_type' and string[@value = 'literalExample']]]">
+    <xsl:value-of select="attr[@name = 'text']/string/@value" />
+  </xsl:template>
+
+
   <xsl:template match="attrs">
     {
     <xsl:for-each select="attr">