--- a/ee.1
+++ b/ee.1
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 .PP
 Since different users have different preferences, \fIee\fR allows some 
 slight configurability.  There are three possible locations for an 
-initialization file for ee:  the file \fI/usr/local/lib/init.ee\fR, the 
+initialization file for ee:  the file \fI/usr/share/ee/init.ee\fR, the 
 file \fI.init.ee\fR in the user's home directory, or the file \fI.init.ee\fR 
 in the current directory (if different from the home 
 directory).  This allows system administrators to set some preferences for 
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
 and the user to customize settings for particular directories (like one 
 for correspondence, and a different directory for programming).
 .PP
-The file \fI\/usr/local/lib/init.ee\fR is read first, then 
+The file \fI\/usr/share/ee/init.ee\fR is read first, then 
 \fI$HOME/.init.ee\fR, then \fI.init.ee\fR, with the settings specified by the 
 most recent file read taking precedence.
 .PP
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
 may be too slow for slower systems.
 .SH FILES
 .PP
-.I /usr/local/lib/init.ee
+.I /usr/share/ee/init.ee
 .br
 .I $HOME/.init.ee
 .br
--- a/ee.c
+++ b/ee.c
@@ -4124,7 +4124,7 @@
 }
 
 unsigned char *init_name[3] = {
-	"/usr/local/lib/init.ee", 
+	"/usr/share/ee/init.ee", 
 	NULL, 
 	".init.ee"
 	};