diff --git a/README b/README
index 712a60872f..9328a4f89e 100644
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+++ b/README
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ To do so:
 
 Guix does the high-level preparation of a /derivation/.  A derivation is
 the promise of a build; it is stored as a text file under
-=/nix/store/xxx.drv=.  The (guix derivations) module provides the
+=/gnu/store/xxx.drv=.  The (guix derivations) module provides the
 `derivation' primitive, as well as higher-level wrappers such as
 `build-expression->derivation'.