diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/import.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/import.md
index 2711316a7..0ecde177c 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/import.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-store/import.md
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 
 # Description
 
-The operation `--import` reads a serialisation of a set of store paths
-produced by `nix-store --export` from standard input and adds those
-store paths to the Nix store. Paths that already exist in the Nix store
-are ignored. If a path refers to another path that doesn’t exist in the
-Nix store, the import fails.
+The operation `--import` reads a serialisation of a set of [store objects](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-store-object) produced by [`nix-store --export`](./export.md) from standard input, and adds those store objects to the specified [Nix store](@docroot@/store/index.md).
+Paths that already exist in the target Nix store are ignored.
+If a path [refers](@docroot@/glossary.md#gloss-reference) to another path that doesn’t exist in the target Nix store, the import fails.
+
+> **Note**
+>
+> For efficient transfer of closures to remote machines over SSH, use [`nix-copy-closure`](@docroot@/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md).
 
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