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-rw-r--r--man1/iconv.110
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man1/iconv.1 b/man1/iconv.1
index 44ba76aa35..4198c61bf0 100644
--- a/man1/iconv.1
+++ b/man1/iconv.1
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ is defined (as a colon-separated list of pathnames),
the system gconv module configuration cache is not used.
Instead,
.BR iconv_open (3)
-first tries to load the configuration files from one of the directories in
-.BR GCONV_PATH ,
-followed by the system configuration file.
-.\" FIXME what is "the system configuration file"?
+first tries to load the configuration files by searching the directories in
+.BR GCONV_PATH
+in order,
+followed by the system default gconv module configuration file.
If a directory does not contain a gconv module configuration file,
any gconv modules that it may contain are ignored.
If a directory contains a gconv module configuration file
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ directories.
Usual default gconv module path.
.TP
.I /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules
-Usual default gconv module configuration.
+System default gconv module configuration file.
.TP
.I /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
Usual default gconv module configuration cache.