diff --git a/man8/ldconfig.8 b/man8/ldconfig.8
index cbd9b33a2..7124bc703 100644
--- a/man8/ldconfig.8
+++ b/man8/ldconfig.8
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ the current cache.
 run-time linker/loader
 .TP 20
 .I /etc/ld.so.conf
-File containing a list of colon, space, tab, newline, or comma-separated
-directories in which to search for libraries.
+File containing a list of directories, one per line,
+in which to search for libraries.
 .\" FIXME Since glibc-2.3.4, "include" directives are supported in ld.so.conf
 .\" FIXME Since glibc-2.4, "hwcap" directives are supported in ld.so.conf
 .TP 20