diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
index 02a3b65ae422a8b..438d4daa98ccfe7 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/configuration/profiles/minimal.section.md
@@ -7,3 +7,10 @@ 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 they are built with
+X libraries enabled by default), 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.