--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
 which will be mounted below /mnt/crypt, and where the 256-bit decryption key
 is protected by the builtin SHA1/Blowfish encryption engine.
 
-First create a configuration file (by default "/usr/local/etc/cryptmount/cmtab")
+First create a configuration file (by default "/etc/cryptmount/cmtab")
 that describes the encrypted filing system that we are about to create,
 containing:
 
     crypt {
         dev=/home/crypt.fs dir=/mnt/crypt
         fstype=ext2 fsoptions=defaults cipher=aes
-        keyfile=/usr/local/etc/cryptmount/crypt.key
+        keyfile=/etc/cryptmount/crypt.key
         keyformat=builtin
     }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 a raw disk partition in place of a loopback file.
 
 Thereafter, all information about the encrypted filing systems available
-for mounting with cryptmount is contained in /usr/local/etc/cryptmount/cmtab.
+for mounting with cryptmount is contained in /etc/cryptmount/cmtab.
 So, the following command, executed by an ordinary user,
 will make the filing system accessible below /mnt/crypt:
 
--- a/cmtab.example
+++ b/cmtab.example
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     cipher=serpent      # filesystem encryption
 
     # information about file used to store decryption key:
-    keyfile=/usr/local/etc/cryptmount/crypt_hdb63.key
+    keyfile=/etc/cryptmount/crypt_hdb63.key
     keyformat=openssl keyhash=md5 keycipher=bf-cbc
 }