--- doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       Specifies that <application>psql</application> is to execute one
       command string, <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable>,
       and then exit. This is useful in shell scripts. Start-up files
-      (<filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename>) are
+      (<filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename>) are
       ignored with this option.
       </para>
       <para><replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable> must be either
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
       <para>
       Do not read the start-up file (neither the system-wide
       <filename>psqlrc</filename> file nor the user's
-      <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file).
+      <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file).
       </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@
          behavior, but autocommit-off is closer to the SQL spec.  If you
          prefer autocommit-off, you might wish to set it in the system-wide
          <filename>psqlrc</filename> file or your
-         <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file.
+         <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file.
         </para>
         </note>
         </listitem>
@@ -2869,11 +2869,11 @@
         <listitem>
         <para>
         The file name that will be used to store the history list. The default
-        value is <filename>~/.psql_history</filename>.  For example, putting:
+        value is <filename>~/.desk/psql_history</filename>.  For example, putting:
 <programlisting>
-\set HISTFILE ~/.psql_history- :DBNAME
+\set HISTFILE ~/.desk/psql_history- :DBNAME
 </programlisting>
-        in <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> will cause
+        in <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> will cause
         <application>psql</application> to maintain a separate history for
         each database.
         </para>
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Alternative location of the user's <filename>.psqlrc</filename> file. Tilde (<literal>~</literal>) expansion is performed.
+      Alternative location of the user's <filename>.desk/psqlrc</filename> file. Tilde (<literal>~</literal>) expansion is performed.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -3524,7 +3524,7 @@
      <application>psql</application> attempts to
      read and execute commands from the system-wide
      <filename>psqlrc</filename> file and the user's
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file before starting up.
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file before starting up.
      (On Windows, the user's startup file is named
      <filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psqlrc.conf</filename>.)
      See <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/share/psqlrc.sample</>
@@ -3533,7 +3533,7 @@
      </command> and <command>SET</command> commands).
     </para>
     <para>
-     The location of the user's <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file can
+     The location of the user's <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file can
      also be set explicitly via the <envar>PSQLRC</envar> environment
      setting.
     </para>
@@ -3542,11 +3542,11 @@
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Both the system-wide <filename>psqlrc</filename> file and the user's
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file can be made <application>psql</application>-version-specific
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file can be made <application>psql</application>-version-specific
      by appending a dash and the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
      major or minor <application>psql</application> release number,
-     for example <filename>~/.psqlrc-9.2</filename> or
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc-9.2.5</filename>.  The most specific
+     for example <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc-9.2</filename> or
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc-9.2.5</filename>.  The most specific
      version-matching file will be read in preference to a
      non-version-specific file.
     </para>
@@ -3555,7 +3555,7 @@
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The command-line history is stored in the file
-     <filename>~/.psql_history</filename>, or
+     <filename>~/.desk/psql_history</filename>, or
      <filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psql_history</filename> on Windows.
     </para>
     <para>