diff --git a/docs/auth.html.in b/docs/auth.html.in
index d792eb1c85218b6fa47464937adad2ffcdab5fa0..929afd08849bc7cdb21643d8166d9acd512961e7 100644
--- a/docs/auth.html.in
+++ b/docs/auth.html.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ for the authentication file using the following sequence:
         variable.</li>
       <li>The file path specified by the "authfile=/some/file" URI
         query parameter</li>
-      <li>The file $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/libvirt/auth.conf</li>
+      <li>The file $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/auth.conf</li>
       <li>The file /etc/libvirt/auth.conf</li>
     </ol>
 
diff --git a/docs/uri.html.in b/docs/uri.html.in
index 5812ca9e7689d7e23d978be45611fa0f54ebbd8e..97a1cdb45cec923b93603909b8bb04c16f0da1a0 100644
--- a/docs/uri.html.in
+++ b/docs/uri.html.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ virConnectPtr conn = virConnectOpenReadOnly (<b>"test:///default"</b>);
     <p>
 To simplify life for administrators, it is possible to setup URI aliases in a
 libvirt client configuration file. The configuration file is <code>/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf</code>
-for the root user, or <code>$XDG_CONFIG_DIR/libvirt/libvirt.conf</code> for any unprivileged user.
+for the root user, or <code>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf</code> for any unprivileged user.
 In this file, the following syntax can be used to setup aliases
     </p>