diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index 97bcec52b..c15ad34b4 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_URL', 'http://pipewire.org')
 manpage_conf.set('PACKAGE_BUGREPORT', 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/issues')
 manpage_conf.set('PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR', pipewire_configdir)
+manpage_conf.set('PIPEWIRE_CONFDATADIR', pipewire_confdatadir)
 manpage_conf.set('top_srcdir', meson.source_root())
 manpage_conf.set('top_builddir', meson.build_root())
 
diff --git a/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in b/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in
index 3295f3822..c2d34e9b3 100644
--- a/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in
+++ b/man/pipewire.conf.5.xml.in
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ This file is part of PipeWire.
 <manpage name="pipewire.conf" section="5" desc="The PipeWire server configuration file">
 
   <synopsis>
+    <p><file>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pipewire/pipewire.conf</file></p>
     <p><file>@PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR@/pipewire.conf</file></p>
+    <p><file>@PIPEWIRE_CONFDATADIR@/pipewire.conf</file></p>
   </synopsis>
 
   <description>
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ This file is part of PipeWire.
     itself. It executes a series of commands listed in the config
     file.</p>
 
-    <p>The config file in the default location is used but the
-    environment variables PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR, PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_PREFIX
+    <p>The config files are loaded in the order listed in the SYNOPSIS.
+    The environment variables PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR, PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_PREFIX
     and PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_NAME can be used to specify an alternative config
     directory, subdirectory and file respectively.</p>
   </description>