diff --git a/sbin/devd/devd.8 b/sbin/devd/devd.8
index fa05db734b8..8c1a297c47b 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/devd.8
+++ b/sbin/devd/devd.8
@@ -115,10 +115,16 @@ option and uses that file to drive the rest of the process.
 While the format of this file is described in
 .Xr devd.conf 5 ,
 some basics are covered here.
+.Pp
 In the
 .Ic options
 section, one can define multiple directories to search
 for config files.
+The default config file specifies
+.Pa /etc/devd
+and
+.Pa /usr/local/etc/devd
+as directories to search.
 All files in these directories whose names match the pattern
 .Pa *.conf
 are parsed.