Merge branch 'nativeCheckInputs' into staging-nativeCheckInputs

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
index b34c39e3b8e02..2562d149cb1e4 100644
--- a/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
+++ b/doc/stdenv/stdenv.chapter.md
@@ -654,7 +654,11 @@ A list of strings passed as additional flags to `make`. Like `makeFlags` and `ma
 
 ##### `checkInputs` {#var-stdenv-checkInputs}
 
-A list of dependencies used by the phase. This gets included in `nativeBuildInputs` when `doCheck` is set.
+A list of host dependencies used by the phase, usually libraries linked into executables built during tests. This gets included in `buildInputs` when `doCheck` is set.
+
+##### `nativeCheckInputs` {#var-stdenv-nativeCheckInputs}
+
+A list of native dependencies used by the phase, notably tools needed on `$PATH`. This gets included in `nativeBuildInputs` when `doCheck` is set.
 
 ##### `preCheck` {#var-stdenv-preCheck}
 
@@ -821,7 +825,11 @@ A list of strings passed as additional flags to `make`. Like `makeFlags` and `ma
 
 ##### `installCheckInputs` {#var-stdenv-installCheckInputs}
 
-A list of dependencies used by the phase. This gets included in `nativeBuildInputs` when `doInstallCheck` is set.
+A list of host dependencies used by the phase, usually libraries linked into executables built during tests. This gets included in `buildInputs` when `doInstallCheck` is set.
+
+##### `nativeInstallCheckInputs` {#var-stdenv-nativeInstallCheckInputs}
+
+A list of native dependencies used by the phase, notably tools needed on `$PATH`. This gets included in `nativeBuildInputs` when `doInstallCheck` is set.
 
 ##### `preInstallCheck` {#var-stdenv-preInstallCheck}