diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0ee4bed..3c5fcf2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@
         }
       );
       inherit (lib.rad-dev.systems) genSystems getImages;
-      inherit (self) outputs; # for hydra
-
+      inherit (self) outputs; # for hydra and packages
     in
     rec {
       inherit lib; # for allowing use of custom functions in nix repl
diff --git a/lib/systems.nix b/lib/systems.nix
index b911e5a..5133489 100644
--- a/lib/systems.nix
+++ b/lib/systems.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ rec {
   # configPath: path to the folder containing hardware.nix & configuration.nix
   # hostname: hostname of the server
   # inputs: flake inputs to be used
+  # outputs: flake outputs to be used, primarily for accessing custom packages
   # src: base path of the repo
   # users: list of users to be added
   # home: enables home-manager on this machine (requires all users to have home-manager)
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ rec {
   #
   # args:
   # inputs: flake-inputs to be distributed to each system config
+  # outputs: flake-outputs to be distributed to each system config
   # src: the base path to the repo
   # path: the path to read the systems from, should be a directory containing one directory per machine, each having at least the following
   #   - default.nix (with the extra params for constructSystem in it, see systems/palatine-hill/default.nix for an example)