--- doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
       <para>
       Do not read the start-up file (neither the system-wide
       <filename>psqlrc</filename> file nor the user's
-      <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file).
+      <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file).
       </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@
          behavior, but autocommit-off is closer to the SQL spec.  If you
          prefer autocommit-off, you might wish to set it in the system-wide
          <filename>psqlrc</filename> file or your
-         <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file.
+         <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file.
         </para>
         </note>
         </listitem>
@@ -2363,11 +2363,11 @@
         <listitem>
         <para>
         The file name that will be used to store the history list. The default
-        value is <filename>~/.psql_history</filename>.  For example, putting:
+        value is <filename>~/.desk/psql_history</filename>.  For example, putting:
 <programlisting>
-\set HISTFILE ~/.psql_history- :DBNAME
+\set HISTFILE ~/.desk/psql_history- :DBNAME
 </programlisting>
-        in <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> will cause
+        in <filename>~/.psql/psqlrc</filename> will cause
         <application>psql</application> to maintain a separate history for
         each database.
         </para>
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@
      Before starting up, <application>psql</application> attempts to
      read and execute commands from the system-wide
      <filename>psqlrc</filename> file and the user's
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file.
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file.
      (On Windows, the user's startup file is named
      <filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psqlrc.conf</filename>.)
      See <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/share/psqlrc.sample</>
@@ -2958,9 +2958,9 @@
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Both the system-wide <filename>psqlrc</filename> file and the user's
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file can be made version-specific
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> file can be made version-specific
      by appending a dash and the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
-     release number, for example <filename>~/.psqlrc-&version;</filename>.
+     release number, for example <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc-&version;</filename>.
      A matching version-specific file will be read in preference to a
      non-version-specific file.
     </para>
@@ -2969,7 +2969,7 @@
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The command-line history is stored in the file
-     <filename>~/.psql_history</filename>, or
+     <filename>~/.desk/psql_history</filename>, or
      <filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psql_history</filename> on Windows.
     </para>
    </listitem>