--- doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       Specifies that <application>psql</application> is to execute one
       command string, <replaceable class="parameter">command</replaceable>,
       and then exit. This is useful in shell scripts. Start-up files
-      (<filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename>) are
+      (<filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename>) are
       ignored with this option.
       </para>
       <para>
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
       <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>
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@
          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>
@@ -2894,11 +2894,11 @@
         <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>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename> will cause
         <application>psql</application> to maintain a separate history for
         each database.
         </para>
@@ -3504,7 +3504,7 @@
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Alternative location of the user's <filename>.psqlrc</filename> file. Tilde (<literal>~</literal>) expansion is performed.
+      Alternative location of the user's <filename>.desk/psqlrc</filename> file. Tilde (<literal>~</literal>) expansion is performed.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -3545,13 +3545,13 @@
 
  <variablelist>
   <varlistentry>
-   <term><filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename></term>
+   <term><filename>psqlrc</filename> and <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Unless it is passed an <option>-X</option> or <option>-c</option> option,
      <application>psql</application> attempts to read and execute commands
      from the system-wide startup file (<filename>psqlrc</filename>) and then
-     the user's personal startup file (<filename>~/.psqlrc</filename>), after
+     the user's personal startup file (<filename>~/.desk/psqlrc</filename>), after
      connecting to the database but before accepting normal commands.
      These files can be used to set up the client and/or the server to taste,
      typically with <command>\set</command> and <command>SET</command>
@@ -3568,7 +3568,7 @@
      environment variable.
     </para>
     <para>
-     The user's personal startup file is named <filename>.psqlrc</filename>
+     The user's personal startup file is named <filename>.desk/psqlrc</filename>
      and is sought in the invoking user's home directory.  On Windows, which
      lacks such a concept, the personal startup file is named
      <filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psqlrc.conf</filename>.
@@ -3580,8 +3580,8 @@
      can be made <application>psql</application>-version-specific
      by appending a dash and the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
      major or minor release number to the file name,
-     for example <filename>~/.psqlrc-9.2</filename> or
-     <filename>~/.psqlrc-9.2.5</filename>.  The most specific
+     for example <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc-9.2</filename> or
+     <filename>~/.desk/psqlrc-9.2.5</filename>.  The most specific
      version-matching file will be read in preference to a
      non-version-specific file.
     </para>
@@ -3589,11 +3589,11 @@
   </varlistentry>
 
   <varlistentry>
-   <term><filename>.psql_history</filename></term>
+   <term><filename>.desk/psql_history</filename></term>
    <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>
     <para>