diff --git a/.guix-channel b/.guix-channel
index 68ad8e9..3ed5ae8 100644
--- a/.guix-channel
+++ b/.guix-channel
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 (channel
  (version 0)
- (url "https://forge.1729.org.uk/ray/guix-packages"))
+ (url "https://forge.1729.org.uk/ray/guix-packages.git"))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61e2bca..8889582 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
 # guix-packages
 
-Guix channel for my personal packages.
\ No newline at end of file
+Guix channel for my personal packages.
+
+## Using this channel
+
+See [Specifying Additional Channels](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Specifying-Additional-Channels.html).
+
+Write `~/.config/guix/channels.scm` to configure Guix to pull from this channel in addition to the defaults:
+
+``` scheme
+(cons (channel
+       (version 0)
+       (name 'ray1729)
+       (url "https://forge.1729.org.uk/ray/guix-packages.git")
+       (branch "main")
+       (introduction
+        (make-channel-introduction
+         "e4656e91d3eec0d4d3a3f752badc4b8cea4b1502"
+         (opengpg-fingerprint
+          "2E19 CF82 55B6 A04D 5550  1F2C 043F 786C 4CD6 81B8"))))
+      %default-channels)
+```