diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
index 02a3b65ae422a8b..4c9e8662e695c6a 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
@@ -7,3 +7,11 @@ graphical stuff. It's a very short file that enables
 only support the user-selected locale,
 [disables packages' documentation](#opt-documentation.enable),
 and [disables sound](#opt-sound.enable).
+
+With this profile enabled, a lot of package derivations will differ from the
+ones available for download in the binary cache (because the derivations in
+the binary cache are built with X libraries enabled by default, while the
+minimal profile disables these libraries through the `noXlibs` option), and
+will thus have to be built locally. Hence, while configurations built using
+this profile may be appropriate for machines with low resources, the
+configurations themselves should still be built on more powerful machines.