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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 917a3e9d57..c040a8531a 100644
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+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5060,7 +5060,7 @@ a derivation is the @code{derivation} procedure:
[#:system (%current-system)] [#:references-graphs #f] @
[#:allowed-references #f] [#:disallowed-references #f] @
[#:leaked-env-vars #f] [#:local-build? #f] @
- [#:substitutable? #t]
+ [#:substitutable? #t] [#:properties '()]
Build a derivation with the given arguments, and return the resulting
@code{<derivation>} object.
@@ -5097,6 +5097,9 @@ When @var{substitutable?} is false, declare that substitutes of the
derivation's output should not be used (@pxref{Substitutes}). This is
useful, for instance, when building packages that capture details of the
host CPU instruction set.
+
+@var{properties} must be an association list describing ``properties'' of the
+derivation. It is kept as-is, uninterpreted, in the derivation.
@end deffn
@noindent
@@ -5790,7 +5793,8 @@ information about monads.)
[#:leaked-env-vars #f] @
[#:script-name (string-append @var{name} "-builder")] @
[#:deprecation-warnings #f] @
- [#:local-build? #f] [#:substitutable? #t] [#:guile-for-build #f]
+ [#:local-build? #f] [#:substitutable? #t] @
+ [#:properties '()] [#:guile-for-build #f]
Return a derivation @var{name} that runs @var{exp} (a gexp) with
@var{guile-for-build} (a derivation) on @var{system}; @var{exp} is
stored in a file called @var{script-name}. When @var{target} is true,