diff --git a/doc/man/man5/bluegene.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/bluegene.conf.5
index 5bdb8e2a0c0e97369e435c4f2bcf81c7e7e27381..5b36c871f9e51f09507e0b0443d8decc9a7d0787 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/bluegene.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/bluegene.conf.5
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 bluegene.conf \- SLURM configuration file for BlueGene systems
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/bluegene.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes IBM BlueGene specific
+\fBbluegene.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes IBM BlueGene specific
 SLURM configuration information. This includes specifications for bgblock
 layout, configuration, logging, etc.
 The file location can be modified at system build time using the
-DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter. The file will always be located in the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
 same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
 .LP
 Parameter names are case insensitive.
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/cgroup.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/cgroup.conf.5
index 81c70888f989e3c4dad68a7fdf372b305721fc5d..eaf47b2819df4baee4791b075bcd26394a137a4b 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/cgroup.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/cgroup.conf.5
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ cgroup.conf \- Slurm configuration file for the cgroup support
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 
-\fB/etc/slurm/cgroup.conf\fP is an ASCII file which defines parameters used by 
-Slurm's Linux cgroup related plugins. The file will always be located in 
-the same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
+\fBcgroup.conf\fP is an ASCII file which defines parameters used by 
+Slurm's Linux cgroup related plugins.
+The file location can be modified at system build time using the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
+same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
 .LP
 Parameter names are case insensitive.
 Any text following a "#" in the configuration file is treated
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/cray.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/cray.conf.5
index 3284b5ccc484f1261c240a0e5aec2c835ef39ca2..718460341152c27f25f537ee66c4c914bb773a2e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/cray.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/cray.conf.5
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 cray.conf \- Slurm configuration file for the Cray\-specific information
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/cray.conf\fP is an ASCII file which defines parameters used by 
-Slurm's select/cray plugin in support of Cray systems. The file will always
-be located in the same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file. The default
-configuration parameters will work properly in a typical installation and
-this file will not be required.
+\fBcray.conf\fP is an ASCII file which defines parameters used by 
+Slurm's select/cray plugin in support of Cray systems.
+The file location can be modified at system build time using the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
+same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
+The default configuration parameters will work properly in a typical
+installation and this file will not be required.
 .LP
 Parameter names are case insensitive.
 Any text following a "#" in the configuration file is treated
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/gres.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/gres.conf.5
index 659f7d9ed1ef756f872229ac74e339effe7df0da..9cfb8f11e75994ee142bd7d21cff58d5ec441f79 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/gres.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/gres.conf.5
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 gres.conf \- Slurm configuration file for generic resource management.
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/gres.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes the configuration
+\fBgres.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes the configuration
 of generic resources on each compute node. Each node must contain a
 gres.conf file if generic resources are to be scheduled by SLURM.
 The file location can be modified at system build time using the
-DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter. The file will always be located in the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
 same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file. If generic resource counts are
 set by the gres plugin function node_config_load(), this file may be optional.
 .LP
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 3ceb2e3ce60fba2ae0f281b1f2ba46a6ff32aeac..efcf3ae0222dbd938eea64e1c97c05b4fed66074 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 .SH "NAME"
 slurm.conf \- Slurm configuration file
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/slurm.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes general SLURM
+\fBslurm.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes general SLURM
 configuration information, the nodes to be managed, information about
 how those nodes are grouped into partitions, and various scheduling
 parameters associated with those partitions. This file should be
 consistent across all nodes in the cluster.
 .LP
-You can use the \fBSLURM_CONF\fR environment variable to override the built\-in
-location of this file. The SLURM daemons also allow you to override
+The file location can be modified at system build time using the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The SLURM daemons also allow you to override
 both the built\-in and environment\-provided location using the "\-f"
 option on the command line.
 .LP
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
index 61e0527c430aa36afaf5f1bfb548c6e5730e3f85..bfcf88c66ed30c93a6d3c9d83dcfee9c691b4957 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurmdbd.conf.5
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 slurmdbd.conf \- Slurm Database Daemon (SlurmDBD) configuration file
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/slurmdb.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes Slurm Database
+\fBslurmdb.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes Slurm Database
 Daemon (SlurmDBD) configuration information.
-You can use the \fBSLURM_CONF\fR environment variable to override the built\-in
-location of this file.
+The file location can be modified at system build time using the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable.
 .LP
 The contents of the file are case insensitive except for the names of nodes
 and files. Any text following a "#" in the configuration file is treated
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/topology.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/topology.conf.5
index 20c96f6d54b8feb087ff3f7f5c21d4e80f1b0ec0..7bae1d7d4eebd3dd021d792acdef34abcd44c88f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/topology.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/topology.conf.5
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 topology.conf \- Slurm configuration file for defining the network topology
 
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/topology.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes the
+\fBtopology.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes the
 cluster's network topology for optimized job resource allocation.
 The file location can be modified at system build time using the
-DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter. The file will always be located in the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
 same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
 .LP
 Parameter names are case insensitive.
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/wiki.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/wiki.conf.5
index 4fc45a725335cc44cae9657b73fcaf050a1f6f85..962fa873de06f7437c28849369e3704dcb0b562e 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/wiki.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/wiki.conf.5
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 .SH "NAME"
 wiki.conf \- Slurm configuration file for wiki and wiki2 scheduler plugins
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-\fB/etc/wiki.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes wiki and wiki2
+\fBwiki.conf\fP is an ASCII file which describes wiki and wiki2
 scheduler specific SLURM configuration information.
 The file location can be modified at system build time using the
-DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter. The file will always be located in the
+DEFAULT_SLURM_CONF parameter or at execution time by setting the SLURM_CONF
+environment variable. The file will always be located in the
 same directory as the \fBslurm.conf\fP file.
 .LP
 Parameter names are case insensitive.