diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index b33f417d6..e6f173c55 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ Use
 instead of
 .B LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 environment variable setting (see below).
+The names
+.IR ORIGIN ,
+.IR LIB ,
+and
+.IR PLATFORM
+are interpreted as for the
+.BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+environment variable.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-inhibit\-rpath " list"
 Ignore RPATH and RUNPATH information in object names in
@@ -258,6 +266,31 @@ Similar to the
 .B PATH
 environment variable.
 This variable is ignored in secure-execution mode.
+
+Within the pathnames specified in
+.BR LD_LIBRARY_PATH ,
+the dynamic linker expands the strings
+.IR $ORIGIN ,
+.IR $LIB ,
+and
+.IR $PLATFORM
+(or the versions using curly braces around the names)
+as described above in
+.IR "Rpath token expansion" .
+Thus, for example,
+the following would cause a library to be searched for in either the
+.I lib
+or
+.I lib64
+subdirectory below the directory containing the program to be executed:
+
+    $ \fBLD_LIBRARY_PATH='$ORIGIN/$LIB' prog\fP
+
+(Note the use of single quotes, which prevent expansion of
+.I ORIGIN
+and
+.I LIB
+as shell variables!)
 .TP
 .B LD_PRELOAD
 A list of additional, user-specified, ELF shared
@@ -269,6 +302,23 @@ In secure-execution mode,
 preload pathnames containing slashes are ignored,
 and shared objects in the standard search directories are loaded
 only if the set-user-ID mode bit is enabled on the shared object file.
+
+Within the pathnames specified in
+.BR LD_PRELOAD ,
+the dynamic linker understands the strings
+.IR $ORIGIN ,
+.IR $LIB ,
+and
+.IR $PLATFORM
+(or the versions using curly braces around the names)
+as described above in
+.IR "Rpath token expansion" .
+.\" Tested with the following:
+.\"
+.\"	LD_PRELOAD='$LIB/libmod.so' LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./prog
+.\"
+.\" which will reload the libmod.so in 'lib' or 'lib64', using it
+.\" in preference to the version in '.'.
 .TP
 .B LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
 (ELF only)