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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi
index 208c6af5e8..dc554d2c76 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.texi
+++ b/doc/contributing.texi
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ related to the hardware---e.g., use of different instruction set
extensions---or to the operating system kernel---e.g., reliance on
@code{uname} or @file{/proc} files.
+@item
+When writing documentation, please use gender-neutral wording when
+referring to people, such as
+@uref{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they, singular
+``they''@comma{} ``their''@comma{} ``them''}, and so forth.
+
@end enumerate
When posting a patch to the mailing list, use @samp{[PATCH] @dots{}} as
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 318e6cb5d9..0d6739adc3 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ package looks like this:
(base32
"0ssi1wpaf7plaswqqjwigppsg5fyh99vdlb9kzl7c9lng89ndq1i"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
- (arguments `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-silent-rules")))
+ (arguments '(#:configure-flags '("--enable-silent-rules")))
(inputs `(("gawk" ,gawk)))
(synopsis "Hello, GNU world: An example GNU package")
(description "Guess what GNU Hello prints!")
@@ -2452,12 +2452,44 @@ The @code{arguments} field specifies options for the build system
@var{gnu-build-system} as a request run @file{configure} with the
@code{--enable-silent-rules} flag.
+@cindex quote
+@cindex quoting
+@findex '
+@findex quote
+What about these quote (@code{'}) characters? They are Scheme syntax to
+introduce a literal list; @code{'} is synonymous with @code{quote}.
+@xref{Expression Syntax, quoting,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual},
+for details. Here the value of the @code{arguments} field is a list of
+arguments passed to the build system down the road, as with @code{apply}
+(@pxref{Fly Evaluation, @code{apply},, guile, GNU Guile Reference
+Manual}).
+
+The hash-colon (@code{#:}) sequence defines a Scheme @dfn{keyword}
+(@pxref{Keywords,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}), and
+@code{#:configure-flags} is a keyword used to pass a keyword argument
+to the build system (@pxref{Coding With Keywords,,, guile, GNU Guile
+Reference Manual}).
+
@item
The @code{inputs} field specifies inputs to the build process---i.e.,
build-time or run-time dependencies of the package. Here, we define an
input called @code{"gawk"} whose value is that of the @var{gawk}
variable; @var{gawk} is itself bound to a @code{<package>} object.
+@cindex backquote (quasiquote)
+@findex `
+@findex quasiquote
+@cindex comma (unquote)
+@findex ,
+@findex unquote
+@findex ,@@
+@findex unquote-splicing
+Again, @code{`} (a backquote, synonymous with @code{quasiquote}) allows
+us to introduce a literal list in the @code{inputs} field, while
+@code{,} (a comma, synonymous with @code{unquote}) allows us to insert a
+value in that list (@pxref{Expression Syntax, unquote,, guile, GNU Guile
+Reference Manual}).
+
Note that GCC, Coreutils, Bash, and other essential tools do not need to
be specified as inputs here. Instead, @var{gnu-build-system} takes care
of ensuring that they are present (@pxref{Build Systems}).
@@ -5633,6 +5665,20 @@ archive}), the daemon may download substitutes from it:
guix-daemon --substitute-urls=http://example.org:8080
@end example
+As a bonus, @command{guix publish} also serves as a content-addressed
+mirror for source files referenced in @code{origin} records
+(@pxref{origin Reference}). For instance, assuming @command{guix
+publish} is running on @code{example.org}, the following URL returns the
+raw @file{hello-2.10.tar.gz} file with the given SHA256 hash
+(represented in @code{nix-base32} format, @pxref{Invoking guix hash}):
+
+@example
+http://example.org/file/hello-2.10.tar.gz/sha256/0ssi1@dots{}ndq1i
+@end example
+
+Obviously, these URLs only work for files that are in the store; in
+other cases, they return 404 (``Not Found'').
+
The following options are available:
@table @code