diff --git a/nixos/modules/issuer.nix b/nixos/modules/issuer.nix
index d7d62c6569878338a093d2d66c3768f65b6e20fc..c5dea213ff868f6bffc7b3067319030ec0474711 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/issuer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/issuer.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ in {
     services.private-storage-issuer.package = lib.mkOption {
       default = ourpkgs.zkapissuer;
       type = lib.types.package;
-      example = "pkgs.zkapissuer.components.exes.\"PaymentServer-exe\"";
+      example = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.zkapissuer.components.exes.\"PaymentServer-exe\"";
       description = ''
         The package to use for the ZKAP issuer.
       '';
diff --git a/nixos/modules/monitoring/server/grafana.nix b/nixos/modules/monitoring/server/grafana.nix
index af5f216cfe909b90043e50210d3b729e31fc3c35..2399d6da3e347f6ca5af31608976dca0b4d29871 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/monitoring/server/grafana.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/monitoring/server/grafana.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in {
     };
     googleOAuthClientSecretFile = lib.mkOption
     { type = lib.types.path;
-      example = "/var/secret/monitoring-gsuite-client-secret";
+      example = /var/secret/monitoring-gsuite-client-secret;
       default = /run/keys/grafana-google-sso.secret;
       description = "The path to the GSuite SSO secret file.";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/private-storage.nix b/nixos/modules/private-storage.nix
index 5c4dbca47a38fa113b213c7cde53834ee51c9d12..c620e2fb00fe3b24fc1f6b3c5defc12cddc30aa1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/private-storage.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/private-storage.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ in
     services.private-storage.tahoe.package = lib.mkOption
     { default = ourpkgs.privatestorage;
       type = lib.types.package;
-      example = "pkgs.tahoelafs";
+      example = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.tahoelafs";
       description = ''
         The package to use for the Tahoe-LAFS daemon.
       '';