diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index a40082a001d..74dd90811e8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -790,10 +790,10 @@ The script guides you through the following:
 As root, run:
 
 @example
-# cd /tmp
-# wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
-# chmod +x guix-install.sh
-# ./guix-install.sh
+cd /tmp
+wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
+chmod +x guix-install.sh
+./guix-install.sh
 @end example
 
 @quotation Note
@@ -811,10 +811,10 @@ To use substitutes from @code{@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-1}},
 For example,
 
 @example
-# guix archive --authorize < \
-     ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-1}.pub
-# guix archive --authorize < \
-     ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-2}.pub
+guix archive --authorize < \
+   ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-1}.pub
+guix archive --authorize < \
+   ~root/.config/guix/current/share/guix/@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-2}.pub
 @end example
 @end quotation