diff --git a/man8/ld.so.8 b/man8/ld.so.8
index 0ecc24c58..a0e95ef5b 100644
--- a/man8/ld.so.8
+++ b/man8/ld.so.8
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ In the default path
 .IR /lib ,
 and then
 .IR /usr/lib .
+(On some 64-bit archiectures, the default spaths for 64-bit libraries are
+.IR /lib64 ,
+and then
+.IR /usr/lib64 .)
 If the binary was linked with the
 .B \-z nodeflib
 linker option, this step is skipped.