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-rw-r--r--xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man6
-rw-r--r--xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
index 0cd5a1068..3ff6aef89 100644
--- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
+++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/Xorg.man
@@ -301,9 +301,11 @@ Use the file called
.I filename
as the
.B Xorg
-server log file. The default log file is
+server log file. The default log file when running as root is
.BI __logdir__/Xorg. n .log
-on most platforms, where
+and for non root it is
+.BI $XDG_DATA_HOME/xorg/Xorg. n .log
+where
.I n
is the display number of the
.B Xorg
diff --git a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
index 85f9f2ee1..6d2652e84 100644
--- a/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
+++ b/xorg-server/hw/xfree86/man/xorg.conf.man
@@ -442,11 +442,15 @@ __modulepath__
.TP 7
.BI "LogFile \*q" path \*q
sets the name of the Xorg server log file.
-The default log file name is
+The default log file name when running as root is
.PP
.RS 11
.RI __logdir__/Xorg. <n> .log
.RE
+and for non root it is
+.RS 11
+.RI $XDG_DATA_HOME/xorg/Xorg. <n> .log
+.RE
.PP
.RS 7
where