diff --git a/man8/tzselect.8 b/man8/tzselect.8
index 7393b7303..cf13072c3 100644
--- a/man8/tzselect.8
+++ b/man8/tzselect.8
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ program (default:
 .TP
 \fBTZDIR\fP
 Name of the directory containing time zone data files (default:
-.IR /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo ).
+.IR /usr/share/zoneinfo ).
+.\" or perhaps /usr/local/etc/zoneinfo in some older systems.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 \fBTZDIR\fP\fI/iso3166.tab\fP