diff --git a/extra/man/alacritty.1.scd b/extra/man/alacritty.1.scd
index b82ba08e326..c8a67bb8fc0 100644
--- a/extra/man/alacritty.1.scd
+++ b/extra/man/alacritty.1.scd
@@ -61,13 +61,17 @@ set of features with high performance.
 
 	Specify alternative configuration file.
 
-	Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following paths:
+	Alacritty doesn't create the config file for you, but it looks for one in the
+	following locations on UNIX systems:
+
 		. _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.toml_
 		. _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.toml_
 		. _$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml_
 		. _$HOME/.alacritty.toml_
 
-	On Windows, the configuration file is located at _%APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.toml_.
+	On Windows, the config file will be looked for in:
+
+		. _%APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.toml_
 
 *--embed* _<PARENT>_
 
diff --git a/extra/man/alacritty.5.scd b/extra/man/alacritty.5.scd
index 718abfa3eb8..f1efc781d6e 100644
--- a/extra/man/alacritty.5.scd
+++ b/extra/man/alacritty.5.scd
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ can be found at _https://toml.io/en/v1.0.0_.
 Alacritty doesn't create the config file for you, but it looks for one in the
 following locations on UNIX systems:
 
-. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
-. `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.toml`
-. `$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml`
-. `$HOME/.alacritty.toml`
+. _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.toml_
+. _$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.toml_
+. _$HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml_
+. _$HOME/.alacritty.toml_
 
 On Windows, the config file will be looked for in:
 
-. `%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.toml`
+. _%APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.toml_
 
 # GENERAL