diff --git a/docs/user-guide/cabal-projects.md b/docs/user-guide/cabal-projects.md
index 0aa23cb7..482850d3 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/cabal-projects.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/cabal-projects.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ instantiate a package set.
 let
   # Import the Haskell.nix library,
   haskellNix = import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix/archive/master.tar.gz) {};
-  nixpkgs = haskellNix.sources.nixpgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
+  nixpkgs = import haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
   haskell = nixpkgs.haskell-nix;
 
   # Instantiate a package set using the generated file.
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/development.md b/docs/user-guide/development.md
index 193b4bd1..d8f02b89 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/development.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/development.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ selects packages from the larger package set.
 # shell.nix
 let
   haskellNix = import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix/archive/master.tar.gz) {};
-  nixpkgs = haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
+  nixpkgs = import haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
   haskell = nixpkgs.haskell-nix;
 in
   haskell.haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: with ps;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ project.
 ```nix
 let
   haskellNix = import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix/archive/master.tar.gz) {};
-  nixpkgs = haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
+  nixpkgs = import haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
   haskell = nixpkgs.haskell-nix;
 in
   haskell.snapshots."lts-13.18".alex.components.exes.alex
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/stack-projects.md b/docs/user-guide/stack-projects.md
index bbe86b8b..f45ef6fb 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/stack-projects.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/stack-projects.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ instantiate a package set.
 let
   # Import the Haskell.nix library,
   haskellNix = import (builtins.fetchTarball https://github.com/input-output-hk/haskell.nix/archive/master.tar.gz) {};
-  nixpkgs = haskellNix.sources.nixpgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
+  nixpkgs = import haskellNix.sources.nixpkgs-1909 haskellNix.nixpkgsArgs;
   haskell = nixpkgs.haskell-nix;
 
   # Instantiate a package set using the generated file.