--- a/src/doc/man/recoll.conf.5
+++ b/src/doc/man/recoll.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: recoll.conf.5,v 1.2 2006-03-28 12:49:03 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes\$
+.\" $Id: recoll.conf.5,v 1.3 2006-09-08 09:02:47 dockes Exp $ (C) 2005 J.F.Dockes\$
.TH RECOLL.CONF 5 "8 January 2006"
.SH NAME
recoll.conf \- main personal configuration file for Recoll
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
.TP
.BI "dbdir = " directory
The name of the Xapian database directory. It will be created if needed
-when the database is initialized.
+when the database is initialized. If this is not an absolute pathname, it
+will be taken relative to the configuration directory.
.TP
.BI "defaultcharset = " charset
The name of the character set used for files that do not contain a