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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man/startx.man b/man/startx.man
index 5a48c3d..2b894f7 100644
--- a/man/startx.man
+++ b/man/startx.man
@@ -71,18 +71,14 @@ startx \-\^\- \-layout Multihead
.PP
To determine the client to run,
.B startx
-looks for the following files, in order:
-.RS
-.PP
-.I $(HOME)/.startxrc
-.PP
-.I __libdir__/sys.startxrc
-.PP
-.I $(HOME)/.xinitrc
-.PP
-.I __xinitdir__/xinitrc
-.RE
-.PP
+first looks for a file called
+.I .xinitrc
+in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses
+the file
+.I xinitrc
+in the
+.I xinit
+library directory.
If command line client options are given, they override this
behavior and revert to the
.BR xinit (__appmansuffix__)