diff --git a/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst b/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
index 8f9bcda712..be72e3e716 100644
--- a/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
@@ -236,13 +236,15 @@ The following snippet is an example on how to configure a nginx proxy for pretix
         }
 
         location /static/ {
-            alias /var/pretix/source/src/pretix/static.dist/;
+            alias /var/pretix/venv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pretix/static.dist/;
             access_log off;
             expires 365d;
             add_header Cache-Control "public";
         }
     }
 
+.. note:: Remember to replace the ``python3.5`` in the ``/static/`` path in the config 
+          above with your python version.
 
 We recommend reading about setting `strong encryption settings`_ for your web server.