2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 8c0fdb0..f5c02b9 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ which is maintained by the authors. See the
     env GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=./guix-bioinformatics guix package -A gemma
 
 To build GEMMA from source you can opt to install the build tools with
-GNU Guix, the current build container is in [guix-dev](./.guix-dev)
+GNU Guix, the current build container is in [guix.scm](guix.scm). See the first lines on how to create one using `guix shell`.
+
+An alternative is the command line invocation of [guix-dev](./.guix-dev)
 
     source .guix-dev
     make
diff --git a/guix.scm b/guix.scm
index 188c842..35964ff 100644
--- a/guix.scm
+++ b/guix.scm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;; To get a development container (e.g., run in emacs shell).
 ;;
 ;;   guix environment -C -l guix.scm
+;;   guix shell -C -f guix.scm
 
 (use-modules
   ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)