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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index b6fda1cd807..276d60b21a7 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -5055,7 +5055,10 @@ Every image descriptor must include this property.
@item :file @var{file}
This says to load the image from file @var{file}. If @var{file} is
-not an absolute file name, it is expanded in @code{data-directory}.
+not an absolute file name, it is expanded relative to the
+@file{images} subdirectory of @code{data-directory}, and failing that,
+relative to the directories listed by @code{x-bitmap-file-path}
+(@pxref{Face Attributes}).
@item :data @var{data}
This specifies the raw image data. Each image descriptor must have