diff --git a/doc/manual/src/language/string-interpolation.md b/doc/manual/src/language/string-interpolation.md
index 1e2c4ad95..7b4a5cfef 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/language/string-interpolation.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/language/string-interpolation.md
@@ -43,6 +43,47 @@ configureFlags = "
 Note that Nix expressions and strings can be arbitrarily nested;
 in this case the outer string contains various interpolated expressions that themselves contain strings (e.g., `"-thread"`), some of which in turn contain interpolated expressions (e.g., `${mesa}`).
 
+To write a literal `${` in an regular string, escape it with a backslash (`\`).
+
+> **Example**
+>
+> ```nix
+> "echo \${PATH}"
+> ```
+>
+>     "echo ${PATH}"
+
+To write a literal `${` in an indented string, escape it with two single quotes (`''`).
+
+> **Example**
+>
+> ```nix
+> ''
+>   echo ''${PATH}
+> ''
+> ```
+>
+>     "echo ${PATH}\n"
+
+`$${` can be written literally in any string.
+
+> **Example**
+>
+> In Make, `$` in file names or recipes is represented as `$$`, see [GNU `make`: Basics of Variable Reference](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Reference.html#Basics-of-Variable-References).
+> This can be expressed directly in the Nix language strings:
+>
+> ```nix
+> ''
+>   MAKEVAR = Hello
+>   all:
+>   	@export BASHVAR=world; echo $(MAKEVAR) $${BASHVAR}
+> ''
+> ```
+>
+>     "MAKEVAR = Hello\nall:\n\t@export BASHVAR=world; echo $(MAKEVAR) $\${BASHVAR}\n"
+
+See the [documentation on strings][string] for details.
+
 ### Path
 
 Rather than writing