diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1cc58ca..a738129 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ LOG_FILE="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.log"
 LOG_FILE_1="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.1.log"
 LOG_FILE_2="$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/inxi.2.log"
 MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD='http://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/inxi.8.gz'
+MAN_FILE_LOCATION='/usr/share/man/man8'
 SCRIPT_NAME="inxi"
 SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER=''
 SCRIPT_PATH=""			#filled-in in Main
@@ -1252,7 +1253,7 @@ script_self_updater()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local wget_error=0 file_contents='' wget_man_error=0 
-	local man_location='/usr/share/man/man8'
+
 	print_screen_output "Starting $SCRIPT_NAME self updater."
 	print_screen_output "Currently running $SCRIPT_NAME version number: $SCRIPT_VERSION_NUMBER"
 	print_screen_output "Current version patch number: $SCRIPT_PATCH_NUMBER"
@@ -1272,8 +1273,8 @@ script_self_updater()
 			print_screen_output "To run the new version, just start $SCRIPT_NAME again."
 			print_screen_output "----------------------------------------"
 			print_screen_output "Starting download of man page file now."
-			if [[ ! -d $man_location ]];then
-				print_screen_output "The required man directory was not detected on your system, unable to continue: $man_location"
+			if [[ ! -d $MAN_FILE_LOCATION ]];then
+				print_screen_output "The required man directory was not detected on your system, unable to continue: $MAN_FILE_LOCATION"
 			else
 				if [[ $B_ROOT == 'true' ]];then
 					print_screen_output "Checking Man page download URL..."
@@ -1281,10 +1282,10 @@ script_self_updater()
 					if [[ $wget_man_error -eq 0 ]];then
 						print_screen_output "Man file download URL verified: $MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD"
 						print_screen_output "Downloading Man page file now."
-						wget -O $man_location $MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD || wget_man_error=$?
+						wget -O $MAN_FILE_LOCATION $MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD || wget_man_error=$?
 						if [[ $wget_man_error -gt 0 ]];then
 							print_screen_output "Oh no! Something went wrong downloading the Man gz file at: $MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD"
-							print_screen_output "Check the error messages for what happened."
+							print_screen_output "Check the error messages for what happened. Error: $wget_man_error"
 						else
 							print_screen_output " Download/install of man page successful. Check to make sure it works: man inxi"
 						fi
@@ -1292,7 +1293,7 @@ script_self_updater()
 						print_screen_output "Man file download URL failed, unable to continue: $MAN_FILE_DOWNLOAD"
 					fi
 				else
-					print_screen_output "Updating / Installing the Man page requires root user, writing to: $man_location"
+					print_screen_output "Updating / Installing the Man page requires root user, writing to: $MAN_FILE_LOCATION"
 					print_screen_output "If you want the man page, you'll have to run $SCRIPT_NAME -U as root."
 				fi
 			fi
diff --git a/inxi.8 b/inxi.8
index d81765c..17da78a 100644
--- a/inxi.8
+++ b/inxi.8
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ Show partition UUIDs. Default: short partition \fB-P\fR. For full \fB-p\fR outpu
 .TP
 .B -U             
 Auto-update script. Note: if you installed as root, you must be root to update, 
-otherwise user is fine.
+otherwise user is fine. Also installs /updates this Man Page to: \fB-/usr/share/man/man8\fR
+This requires that you be root to write to that directory. 
 .TP
 .B -V 
 inxi version information. Prints information then exits.