diff -uNr wget-1.8.2.orig/NEWS wget-1.8.2/NEWS
--- wget-1.8.2.orig/NEWS	Thu Aug 28 21:45:31 2003
+++ wget-1.8.2/NEWS	Thu Aug 28 21:45:31 2003
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
 ** Compiles on pre-ANSI compilers.
 
-** Global wgetrc now goes to /usr/local/etc (i.e. $sysconfdir).
+** Global wgetrc now goes to /etc (i.e. $sysconfdir).
 
 ** Lots of bugfixes.
 
@@ -295,9 +295,8 @@
 ** Fixed a long-standing bug, so that Wget now works over SLIP
 connections.
 
-** You can have a system-wide wgetrc (/usr/local/lib/wgetrc by
-default). Settings in $HOME/.wgetrc override the global ones, of
-course :-)
+** You can have a system-wide wgetrc (/etc/wgetrc by default). Settings
+in $HOME/.wgetrc override the global ones, of course :-)
 
 ** You can set up quota in .wgetrc to prevent sucking too much
 data. Try `quota = 5M' in .wgetrc (or quota = 100K if you want your
diff -Nur wget-1.10/doc.orig/sample.wgetrc wget-1.10/doc/sample.wgetrc
--- wget-1.10/doc.orig/sample.wgetrc	2001-11-30 08:32:17.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.10/doc/sample.wgetrc	2005-06-22 09:43:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ## not contain a comprehensive list of commands -- look at the manual
 ## to find out what you can put into this file.
 ##
-## Wget initialization file can reside in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
+## Wget initialization file can reside in /etc/wgetrc
 ## (global, for all users) or $HOME/.wgetrc (for a single user).
 ##
 ## To use the settings in this file, you will have to uncomment them,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 ##
-## Global settings (useful for setting up in /usr/local/etc/wgetrc).
+## Global settings (useful for setting up in /etc/wgetrc).
 ## Think well before you change them, since they may reduce wget's
 ## functionality, and make it behave contrary to the documentation:
 ##
diff -Nur wget-1.10/doc.orig/wget.texi wget-1.10/doc/wget.texi
--- wget-1.10/doc.orig/wget.texi	2005-06-22 09:42:36.000000000 +0200
+++ wget-1.10/doc/wget.texi	2005-06-22 09:44:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ gauge can be customized to your preferen
 Most of the features are fully configurable, either through command line
 options, or via the initialization file @file{.wgetrc} (@pxref{Startup
 File}).  Wget allows you to define @dfn{global} startup files
-(@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings. You can also
+(@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings. You can also
 specify the location of a startup file with the --config option.
 To disable the reading of config files, use --no-config.
 If both --config and --no-config are given, --no-config is ignored.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ If both --config and --no-config are giv
 @ignore
 @c man begin FILES
 @table @samp
-@item /usr/local/etc/wgetrc
+@item /etc/wgetrc
 Default location of the @dfn{global} startup file.
 
 @item .wgetrc
@@ -2411,9 +2411,7 @@
 @cindex location of wgetrc
 
 When initializing, Wget will look for a @dfn{global} startup file,
-@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default (or some prefix other than
-@file{/usr/local}, if Wget was not installed there) and read commands
-from there, if it exists.
+@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default and read commands from there, if it exists.
 
 Then it will look for the user's file.  If the environmental variable
 @code{WGETRC} is set, Wget will try to load that file.  Failing that, no
@@ -2423,7 +2421,7 @@
 
 The fact that user's settings are loaded after the system-wide ones
 means that in case of collision user's wgetrc @emph{overrides} the
-system-wide wgetrc (in @file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default).
+system-wide wgetrc (in @file{/etc/wgetrc} by default).
 Fascist admins, away!
 
 @node Wgetrc Syntax