diff -up wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.munged_for_texi_inclusion.path wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.munged_for_texi_inclusion
--- wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.munged_for_texi_inclusion.path	2014-12-08 11:25:08.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.munged_for_texi_inclusion	2014-12-11 09:51:56.286769486 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Or online here:
 ##   https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Startup-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,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 ##
-## 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 -up wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.path wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc
--- wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc.path	2014-01-22 22:03:47.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/doc/sample.wgetrc	2014-12-11 09:51:56.286769486 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ## Or online here:
 ##   https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Startup-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,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 ##
-## 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 -up wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.info.path wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.info
--- wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.info.path	2014-12-08 11:25:09.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.info	2014-12-11 09:51:56.287769488 +0100
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ retrieval through HTTP proxies.
    * Most of the features are fully configurable, either through command
      line options, or via the initialization file '.wgetrc' (*note
      Startup File::).  Wget allows you to define "global" startup files
-     ('/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default) for site settings.  You can
+     ('/etc/wgetrc' by default) for site settings.  You can
      also specify the location of a startup file with the -config
      option.
 
@@ -2532,8 +2532,8 @@ File: wget.info,  Node: Wgetrc Location,
 ===================
 
 When initializing, Wget will look for a "global" startup file,
-'/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default (or some prefix other than
-'/usr/local', if Wget was not installed there) and read commands from
+'/etc/wgetrc' by default (or some prefix other than
+'/etc', if Wget was not installed there) and read commands from
 there, if it exists.
 
    Then it will look for the user's file.  If the environmental variable
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ further attempts will be made.
 
    The fact that user's settings are loaded after the system-wide ones
 means that in case of collision user's wgetrc _overrides_ the
-system-wide wgetrc (in '/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' by default).  Fascist
+system-wide wgetrc (in '/etc/wgetrc' by default).  Fascist
 admins, away!
 
 
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@ its line.
      ## Or online here:
      ##   https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html#Startup-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,
diff -up wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.texi.path wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.texi
--- wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.texi.path	2014-11-11 15:23:33.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/doc/wget.texi	2014-12-11 09:51:56.288769489 +0100
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@ 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.
  
 
 @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
@@ -2869,8 +2869,8 @@ commands.
 @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
+@file{/etc/wgetrc} by default (or some prefix other than
+@file{/etc}, if Wget was not installed there) and read commands
 from there, if it exists.
 
 Then it will look for the user's file.  If the environmental variable
@@ -2881,7 +2881,7 @@ If @code{WGETRC} is not set, Wget will t
 
 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, Wgetrc Commands, Wgetrc Location, Startup File
diff -up wget-1.16.1/NEWS.path wget-1.16.1/NEWS
--- wget-1.16.1/NEWS.path	2014-12-08 11:30:12.000000000 +0100
+++ wget-1.16.1/NEWS	2014-12-11 10:30:40.022160421 +0100
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ distributed with Wget.
 
 ** 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.
 
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ Emacs, standalone info, or converted to
 ** 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
+** You can have a system-wide wgetrc (/etc/wgetrc by
 default). Settings in $HOME/.wgetrc override the global ones, of
 course :-)
 
diff -up wget-1.16.1/README.path wget-1.16.1/README
--- wget-1.16.1/README.path	2013-10-21 16:50:12.000000000 +0200
+++ wget-1.16.1/README	2014-12-11 09:51:56.288769489 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ for socks.
 
 Most of the features are configurable, either through command-line
 options, or via initialization file .wgetrc.  Wget allows you to
-install a global startup file (/usr/local/etc/wgetrc by default) for
+install a global startup file (/etc/wgetrc by default) for
 site settings.
 
 Wget works under almost all Unix variants in use today and, unlike