diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
index bbf0e69e4a61..eb975b4001f2 100644
--- a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
+++ b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ shipped with
 is an out of the box configuration.
 Whenever changes to this file, or
 the users local
-.Pa login.conf
+.Pa ~/.login_conf
 file are made, the modifications will not be picked up until
 .Xr cap_mkdb 1
 is used to compile the file into a database.