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diff --git a/share/man/man7/ports.7 b/share/man/man7/ports.7
index 1d8a8a84d74..99c2b6188a0 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/ports.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/ports.7
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ports.7,v 1.80 2010/05/01 10:30:41 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ports.7,v 1.81 2010/06/20 07:59:53 espie Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD: ports.7,v 1.7 1998/06/23 04:38:50 hoek Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 1 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2010 $
.Dt PORTS 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -338,10 +338,11 @@ Remove the symbolic links created by
.Sh LOCK INFRASTRUCTURE
The ports tree can be used concurrently for building several ports at the
same time, thanks to a locking mechanism.
-By default, this mechanism is disabled.
+By default, locks are stored under
+.Pa /tmp/portslocks .
Defining
.Ev LOCKDIR
-to a proper value will activate it.
+will point them elsewhere, or disable the mechanism if set to an empty value.
.Pp
All locks will be stored in
.Pa ${LOCKDIR} .