--- doc/nedit.man
+++ doc/nedit.man
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@
 .IX Item "NEDIT_HOME"
 This environment variable can be set to the name of a
 directory. This directory will then be used instead of
-`$HOME/.nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's special
+`$HOME/.desk/nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's special
 files (see section \s-1FILES\s0, below).
 .Sp
 This variable is new to NEdit 5.4.
 .SH "FILES"
 .IX Header "FILES"
 From version 5.4 on, NEdit creates a directory in which NEdit's
-special files reside. This directory is named '.nedit' by default.
+special files reside. This directory is named '.desk/nedit' by default.
 .IP "\fInedit.rc\fR" 4
 .IX Item "nedit.rc"
 This is an X resource file which contains most user settings for
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@
 .PP
 Note that NEdit still supports the older names for these files,
 which were used by version 5.3 and below. These file names
-are `$HOME/.nedit', `$HOME/.neditdb' and `$HOME/.neditmacro',
+are `$HOME/.desk/nedit', `$HOME/.desk/neditdb' and `$HOME/.desk/neditmacro',
 respectively. The old naming scheme will be used if NEdit
-detects that `$HOME/.nedit' is a regular file and \s-1NEDIT_HOME\s0 
+detects that `$HOME/.desk/nedit' is a regular file and \s-1NEDIT_HOME\s0 
 isn't set.
 .PP
 See also the entry for \s-1NEDIT_HOME\s0 under \s-1ENVIRONMENT\s0, above.
--- doc/nedit.pod
+++ doc/nedit.pod
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
 This environment variable can be set to the name of a
 directory. This directory will then be used instead of
-`$HOME/.nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's special
+`$HOME/.desk/nedit' as the base directory for NEdit's special
 files (see section FILES, below).
 
 This variable is new to NEdit 5.4.
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 =head1 FILES
 
 From version 5.4 on, NEdit creates a directory in which NEdit's
-special files reside. This directory is named '.nedit' by default.
+special files reside. This directory is named '.desk/nedit' by default.
 
 =over
 
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@
 
 Note that NEdit still supports the older names for these files,
 which were used by version 5.3 and below. These file names
-are `$HOME/.nedit', `$HOME/.neditdb' and `$HOME/.neditmacro',
+are `$HOME/.desk/nedit', `$HOME/.desk/neditdb' and `$HOME/.desk/neditmacro',
 respectively. The old naming scheme will be used if NEdit
-detects that `$HOME/.nedit' is a regular file and NEDIT_HOME 
+detects that `$HOME/.desk/nedit' is a regular file and NEDIT_HOME 
 isn't set.
 
 See also the entry for NEDIT_HOME under ENVIRONMENT, above.