From 630d5d85fb00b589073642f06368b3138f52ada4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:59:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: name the system names --system takes

---
 wiki/installer.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/wiki/installer.md b/wiki/installer.md
index 004b5d7b..7fa1e4b1 100644
--- a/wiki/installer.md
+++ b/wiki/installer.md
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@ refusal suggests the closest names (`playstation` gives `sony-playstation`) and
 the option that lists them all. Names are matched on letters and digits, so
 `--platform "MiSTer FPGA"` and `--system "Sony PlayStation"` are read as the
 site writes them. A system name that itself contains commas, as Recalbox's
-`msx1,msx2,msxturbor` does, is read as one name.
+`msx1,msx2,msxturbor` does, is read as one name. The name a platform gives a
+system itself is accepted too: on Batocera `--system psx` is
+`sony-playstation` and `--system gba` is `nintendo-gba`, the names its
+`roms/` folders carry. They come from the platform's own file, and
+`--list-systems` prints them beside each system (`nintendo-gba (gba)`).
 
 The region rule is the one `generate_pack.py --region` applies, and a test
 holds the two to the same file list. In each group of regional alternatives