diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 5c1d305..5cd415f 100644
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ gauge can be customized to your preferences.
 Most of the features are fully configurable, either through command line
 options, or via the initialization file @file{.wgetrc} (@pxref{Startup
 File}).  Wget allows you to define @dfn{global} startup files
-(@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings. You can also
+(@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings. You can also
 specify the location of a startup file with the --config option.
 To disable the reading of config files, use --no-config.
 If both --config and --no-config are given, --no-config is ignored.
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ If both --config and --no-config are given, --no-config is ignored.
 @ignore
 @c man begin FILES
 @table @samp
-@item /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
+@item /etc/wgetrc
 Default location of the @dfn{global} startup file.
 
 @item .wgetrc
@@ -3166,9 +3166,7 @@ commands.
 @cindex location of wgetrc
 
 When initializing, Wget will look for a @dfn{global} startup file,
-@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default (or some prefix other than
-@file{/usr/local}, if Wget was not installed there) and read commands
-from there, if it exists.
+@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default and read commands from there, if it exists.
 
 Then it will look for the user's file.  If the environmental variable
 @code{WGETRC} is set, Wget will try to load that file.  Failing that, no
@@ -3178,7 +3176,7 @@ If @code{WGETRC} is not set, Wget will try to load @file{$HOME/.wgetrc}.
 
 The fact that user's settings are loaded after the system-wide ones
 means that in case of collision user's wgetrc @emph{overrides} the
-system-wide wgetrc (in @file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default).
+system-wide wgetrc (in @file{//etc/wgetrc} by default).
 Fascist admins, away!
 
 @node Wgetrc Syntax, Wgetrc Commands, Wgetrc Location, Startup File