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@@ -2657,7 +2657,9 @@ For your convenience, we also provide the following aliases:
@item
@command{guix remove} is an alias for @command{guix package -r},
@item
-and @command{guix upgrade} is an alias for @command{guix package -u}.
+@command{guix upgrade} is an alias for @command{guix package -u},
+@item
+and @command{guix show} is an alias for @command{guix package --show=}.
@end itemize
These aliases are less expressive than @command{guix package} and provide
@@ -3020,9 +3022,9 @@ version: 3.3.5
@end example
You may also specify the full name of a package to only get details about a
-specific version of it:
+specific version of it (this time using the @command{guix show} alias):
@example
-$ guix package --show=python@@3.4 | recsel -p name,version
+$ guix show python@@3.4 | recsel -p name,version
name: python
version: 3.4.3
@end example