diff --git a/nixos/configuration.nix b/nixos/configuration.nix
index 77ea0a7..c80a08d 100644
--- a/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@
     cifs-utils
     tailscale
     wluma
+    # man pages
+    man-pages man-pages-posix
   ];
 
   # set global environment variables
@@ -215,6 +217,16 @@
   # Or disable the firewall altogether.
   # networking.firewall.enable = false;
 
+  # enable manpages documentation
+  documentation = {
+    man = {
+      enable = true;
+      generateCaches = true;
+    };
+    info.enable = true;
+    dev.enable = true; # linux man-pages project, dev documenation
+  };
+
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It‘s perfectly fine and recommended to leave