* url.texi (Configuration): Update url-configuration-directory description.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 6dd0fcbff74..aec9f9cf858 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
         * url.texi (Dealing with HTTP documents): Remove reference to
         function url-decode-text-part; never seems to have existed.  (Bug#6038)
+        (Configuration): Update url-configuration-directory description.
 
 2011-03-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/url.texi b/doc/misc/url.texi
index 5ea3eabaff3..42594457ab1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/url.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/url.texi
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ The meaning of the @var{path} component depends on the service.
 @cindex @file{~/.url}
 @cindex configuration files
 The directory in which URL configuration files, the cache etc.,
-reside.  Default @file{~/.url}.
+reside.  The old default was @file{~/.url}, and this directory
+is still used if it exists.  The new default is a @file{url/}
+directory in @code{user-emacs-directory}, which is normally
+@file{~/.emacs.d}.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Parsed URLs