diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index 7c6e5c201498..656541165671 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ writes to the named file on the remote host using
 The default path name of the remote
 .Xr rmt 8
 program is
-.Pa /usr/sbin/rmt ;
+.\" rmt path, is the path on the remote host
+.Pa /etc/rmt ;
 this can be overridden by the environment variable
 .Ev RMT .
 .It Cm d Ar density
diff --git a/sbin/dump/pathnames.h b/sbin/dump/pathnames.h
index 1b4ac8b437e3..65f6b1901473 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/pathnames.h
+++ b/sbin/dump/pathnames.h
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
 #define	_PATH_DTMP	"/etc/dtmp"
 #define	_PATH_DUMPDATES	"/etc/dumpdates"
 #define	_PATH_LOCK	"/tmp/dumplockXXXXXX"
-#define	_PATH_RMT	"/usr/sbin/rmt"
+#define	_PATH_RMT	"/etc/rmt"		/* path on remote host */