diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
index e420d1ed6c34f3ef51389a43d43f522860e0ca18..c3ef184e736842c4968d5459ce7b4961ff3faae2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/conf-file.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix.conf</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-build.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-build.xml
index 669a48f8c3ee705acb66f539fb9de134b72ac275..dc5841c27a5a7590719b2cac9b7cb8878e20627b 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-build.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-build.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-build</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
index e13394c7d9fd62507f862fa849a9ed0492a17186..63ecba8f3eb7e8b67e4ec17677f4d4f5ff23c707 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-channel.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
       xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       version="5.0"
       xml:id="sec-nix-channel">
-  
+
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>nix-channel</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
index f2009dcbd767ab0899ffc55999c551a5e0990c2d..c888512991528abdca12d95d64d7e71560119b11 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-collect-garbage</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
index 3f8fd801708954f5c66d102671b51e89087e7a5c..6168f859dffc2c01430961a81027a97bafe45a70 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-copy-closure</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-daemon.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-daemon.xml
index 4311664ed70c1b9142761d3d5518819ebf720bfe..a2161f0334700aa53f13d08d26f042937ee420be 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-daemon.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-daemon.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-daemon</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
index 494edc3e502c291f5a046421640f77869cd1cd9a..1db71f75ea59c61b0817a5aa1e593f1280ac4063 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-env.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-env</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-hash.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-hash.xml
index 897d92e2c746a310a9f901f461d574def0333de6..b4b509773d33c59a9d4226dd05b86bed553f1e93 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-hash.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-hash.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-hash</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
index fa3b46e22c19fd3da5160d805a87a7d01e66ade6..e0a52dbb3121eaf5adb99f6dcfcf4fd24ccd9866 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-install-package.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-install-package</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
index 8649cd58cc6002a924cb701be62ac5e8f9e67874..d4966579ae59662f84a210580641099ce6174a62 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-instantiate.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-instantiate</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
index 885c958ce60a931f8b6cb095a9ca2cd3874e6ecb..5d1ab6931cd30e98ee0cb57892e414e3bbfc931e 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-prefetch-url.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-prefetch-url</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml
index 43d5a6c56b2f17908f4c0508c774f43d07af404c..598c651b50916cbc2188746623a362c8090badf9 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-pull.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-pull</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
index 9c6cdfa2f2686249e83cd7178c1e245d71e67013..c19f44a615a8cb58fb48366b035eac5b6a0c62da 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-push.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-push</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
index 1cb2ebfdd2850d37b9d2b3c46f03ac5558306097..1f03117636c98da5acb9d5e4538f67a0179541e2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-shell</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
index ae0f683f2c167724c3555671ba17f20c86933e7e..e1e6c36e0c1d313f48fa19ff42aeb95d6231a706 100644
--- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-store.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <refentrytitle>nix-store</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo class="source">Nix</refmiscinfo>
-  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
+  <refmiscinfo class="version"><xi:include href="../version.txt" parse="text"/></refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 
 <refnamediv>