diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d9c49c413..1d0fc3936 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -936,8 +936,8 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(FS_GLOBALCFG, "$globalconf")
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(user-cfg,
 [  --with-user-cfg=FILE    If set will change the name and location of the
-                          global config file used by QuakeForge.  Defaults to
-                          /etc/quakeforge.conf.],
+                          user-specific config file used by QuakeForge.
+                          Defaults to ~/.quakeforgerc.],
 globalconf="$withval", userconf="auto")
 if test "x$userconf" = "xauto" || test "x$userconf" = "xyes" || \
 	test "x$userconf" = "xno"; then  dnl yes/no sanity checks