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diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
index d982fc6110ba7..e6981f633534b 100644
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/unstable-updater.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 
 # This is an updater for unstable packages that should always use the latest
 # commit.
+# To use this updater, add the following to your package set:
+# passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+# relevant attributes can be passed as below:
+
 { url ? null # The git url, if empty it will be set to src.gitRepoUrl
 , branch ? null
-, hardcodeZeroVersion ? false # Use a made-up version "0" instead of latest tag. Use when there is no previous release, or the project's tagging system is incompatible with what we expect from versions
+, hardcodeZeroVersion ? false # Use a made-up version "0" instead of latest tag. Use when the project's tagging system is incompatible with what we expect from versions
 , tagFormat ? "*" # A `git describe --tags --match '<format>'` pattern that tags must match to be considered
 , tagPrefix ? null # strip this prefix from a tag name
 , tagConverter ? null # A command to convert more complex tag formats. It receives the git tag via stdin and should convert it into x.y.z format to stdout