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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml5
-rw-r--r--doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index 1865bb37c860..6a23b8f1fda4 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -437,7 +437,10 @@ builtins.fetchurl {
     <listitem><para>This option defines the maximum number of jobs
     that Nix will try to build in parallel.  The default is
     <literal>1</literal>. The special value <literal>auto</literal>
-    causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system.  It can be
+    causes Nix to use the number of CPUs in your system.  <literal>0</literal>
+    is useful when using remote builders to prevent any local builds (except for
+    <literal>preferLocalBuild</literal> derivation attribute which executes locally
+    regardless).  It can be
     overridden using the <option
     linkend='opt-max-jobs'>--max-jobs</option> (<option>-j</option>)
     command line switch.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml
index c628d04a7071..09b4f92e1991 100644
--- a/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2.1.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="ssec-relnotes-2.1">
 
-<title>Release 2.1 (2018-08-??)</title>
+<title>Release 2.1 (2018-08-31)</title>
 
 <para>This is primarily a bug fix release. It also reduces memory
 consumption in certain situations. In addition, it has the following
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ new features:</para>
 
   <listitem>
     <para><command>nix-daemon</command> now respects
-    <option>--store</option>, so it can be run as a non-root
-    user.</para>
+    <option>--store</option>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+
+  <listitem>
+    <para><command>nix run</command> now respects
+    <varname>nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages</varname>.</para>
   </listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>