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diff --git a/doc/man/pam.8.xml b/doc/man/pam.8.xml
index 20cd19d9..7f3b051c 100644
--- a/doc/man/pam.8.xml
+++ b/doc/man/pam.8.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
service-providing applications will authenticate users. This dynamic
configuration is set by the contents of the single
<emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> configuration file
- <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>. Alternatively, the configuration
- can be set by individual configuration files located in the
- <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename> directory. The presence of this
+ <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>. Alternatively and preferably,
+ the configuration can be set by individual configuration files
+ located in a <filename>pam.d</filename> directory. The presence of this
directory will cause <emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> to
<emphasis remap="I">ignore</emphasis> <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>.
</para>
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ closing hook for modules to affect the services available to a user.</para>
<term>%vendordir%/pam.d</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- the <emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> vendor configuration
- directory. Files in <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename> and
- <filename>/usr/lib/pam.d</filename> override files with the same
- name in this directory.
+ additional <emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> vendor
+ configuration directory. Files in <filename>/etc/pam.d</filename>
+ and <filename>/usr/lib/pam.d</filename> override files with the
+ same name in this directory.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -209,4 +209,4 @@ closing hook for modules to affect the services available to a user.</para>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
-</refentry> \ No newline at end of file
+</refentry>