--- source/help_data.h
+++ source/help_data.h
@@ -3814,13 +3814,13 @@
 "Moreover, NEdit saves a list of the recently opened files, which appear under ",
 "the Open Previous menu, in the history data base. ",
 "\n\n",
-"By default the location of these files is '$HOME/.nedit/'.  A different ",
+"By default the location of these files is '$HOME/.desk/nedit/'.  A different ",
 "directory can be given by letting the environment variable NEDIT_HOME ",
 "point to it. ",
 "\n\n",
 "Notice that NEdit still supports the older names for these files, which are ",
-"`$HOME/.nedit', `$HOME/.neditmacro', and `$HOME/.neditdb', respectively. This ",
-"old naming scheme will be used if NEdit detects that `$HOME/.nedit' is a ",
+"`$HOME/.desk/nedit', `$HOME/.desk/neditmacro', and `$HOME/.desk/neditdb', respectively. This ",
+"old naming scheme will be used if NEdit detects that `$HOME/.desk/nedit' is a ",
 "regular file and NEDIT_HOME isn't set. ",
 "\n\n",
 "(For VMS, the location of these files is '$NEDIT_HOME/' if NEDIT_HOME is set, ",
@@ -4869,9 +4869,9 @@
 "\n\n",
 "\01A\01B/import=file\01A\n",
 "\01ILoads an additional preferences file on top of the existing defaults saved in ",
-"your .nedit file.  To incorporate macros, language modes, and highlight ",
+"your .desk/nedit file.  To incorporate macros, language modes, and highlight ",
 "patterns and styles written by other users, run nedit with /import=<file>, ",
-"then re-save your .nedit file with Preferences -> Save Defaults. ",
+"then re-save your .desk/nedit file with Preferences -> Save Defaults. ",
 "\n\n",
 "Unix-style command lines (but not file names) are also acceptable: ",
 "\n\n",