diff --git a/README b/README
index da36ce9ce..6598170c0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ For further information on contributing, see the CONTRIBUTING file.
 
 Installing and uninstalling
 ===========================
-"make install" will copy these man pages to /usr/share/man/man[1-8].
+"make install" will copy these man pages to /usr/local/share/man/man[1-8].
 
-To install to a path different from /usr, use
+To install to a path different from /usr/local, use
 "make install prefix=/install/path".
 
 "make remove" or "make uninstall" will remove any man page in this