diff --git a/system/options.nix b/system/options.nix
index dc72a1d965e1..da741b044b64 100644
--- a/system/options.nix
+++ b/system/options.nix
@@ -805,7 +805,8 @@
description = "
This option selects the window manager. Available values are
twm (extremely primitive),
- metacity, and compiz. If
+ metacity, xmonad
+ and compiz. If
left empty, the determines the
window manager, e.g., Metacity for Gnome, and
kwm for KDE.