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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a5cff4cab2..7fa1eca097 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Carlo Zancanaro@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Christopher Allan Webber@*
-Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Marius Bakke@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Marius Bakke@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019 Hartmut Goebel@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2019 Maxim Cournoyer@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@*
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM:
@example
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \
- -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on,order=d \
+ -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci -boot menu=on,order=d \
-drive file=guix-system.img \
-drive media=cdrom,file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso
@end example
@@ -26156,7 +26156,7 @@ below, which enables networking and requests 1@tie{}GiB of RAM for the
emulated machine:
@example
-$ /gnu/store/@dots{}-run-vm.sh -m 1024 -net user
+$ /gnu/store/@dots{}-run-vm.sh -m 1024 -smp 2 -net user,model=virtio-net-pci
@end example
The VM shares its store with the host system.
@@ -26642,7 +26642,7 @@ vm-image} on x86_64 hardware:
@example
$ qemu-system-x86_64 \
- -net user -net nic,model=virtio \
+ -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci \
-enable-kvm -m 1024 \
-device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \
-drive if=none,file=/tmp/qemu-image,id=myhd
@@ -26655,16 +26655,14 @@ Here is what each of these options means:
This specifies the hardware platform to emulate. This should match the
host.
-@item -net user
+@item -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci
Enable the unprivileged user-mode network stack. The guest OS can
access the host but not vice versa. This is the simplest way to get the
-guest OS online.
-
-@item -net nic,model=virtio
-You must create a network interface of a given model. If you do not
-create a NIC, the boot will fail. Assuming your hardware platform is
+guest OS online. @code{model} specifies which network device to emulate:
+@code{virtio-net-pci} is a special device made for virtualized operating
+systems and recommended for most uses. Assuming your hardware platform is
x86_64, you can get a list of available NIC models by running
-@command{qemu-system-x86_64 -net nic,model=help}.
+@command{qemu-system-x86_64 -nic model=help}.
@item -enable-kvm
If your system has hardware virtualization extensions, enabling the
@@ -26688,11 +26686,11 @@ the ``myhd'' drive.
@end table
The default @command{run-vm.sh} script that is returned by an invocation of
-@command{guix system vm} does not add a @command{-net user} flag by default.
+@command{guix system vm} does not add a @command{-nic user} flag by default.
To get network access from within the vm add the @code{(dhcp-client-service)}
to your system definition and start the VM using
-@command{`guix system vm config.scm` -net user}. An important caveat of using
-@command{-net user} for networking is that @command{ping} will not work, because
+@command{`guix system vm config.scm` -nic user}. An important caveat of using
+@command{-nic user} for networking is that @command{ping} will not work, because
it uses the ICMP protocol. You'll have to use a different command to check for
network connectivity, for example @command{guix download}.
@@ -26706,7 +26704,7 @@ To enable SSH inside a VM you need to add an SSH server like
22 by default, to the host. You can do this with
@example
-`guix system vm config.scm` -net user,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22
+`guix system vm config.scm` -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::10022-:22
@end example
To connect to the VM you can run