diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/network-manager.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/network-manager.xml
index d103ee249783..3953e0ffe851 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/network-manager.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/network-manager.xml
@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@
   <command>nmtui</command> (curses-based terminal user interface). See their
   manual pages for details on their usage. Some desktop environments (GNOME,
   KDE) have their own configuration tools for NetworkManager. On XFCE, there is
-  no configuration tool for NetworkManager by default: by adding
-  <code>networkmanagerapplet</code> to the list of system packages, the
-  graphical applet will be installed and will launch automatically when XFCE is
-  starting (and will show in the status tray).
+  no configuration tool for NetworkManager by default: by enabling <xref linkend="opt-programs.nm-applet.enable"/>, the
+  graphical applet will be installed and will launch automatically when the graphical session is started.
  </para>
 
  <note>
   <para>
    <code>networking.networkmanager</code> and <code>networking.wireless</code>
-   (WPA Supplicant) cannot be enabled at the same time: you can still connect
-   to the wireless networks using NetworkManager.
+   (WPA Supplicant) can be used together if desired. To do this you need to instruct
+   NetworkManager to ignore those interfaces like:
+<programlisting>
+<xref linkend="opt-networking.networkmanager.unmanaged"/> = [
+   "*" "except:type:wwan" "except:type:gsm"
+];
+</programlisting>
+   Refer to the option description for the exact syntax and references to external documentation.
   </para>
  </note>
 </section>