diff --git a/pinxi b/pinxi
index bbd28ac..28391b3 100755
--- a/pinxi
+++ b/pinxi
@@ -1170,7 +1170,11 @@ sub set {
 	# removed legacy kde @$configs test which never worked
 	@config_files = (
 	qq(/etc/$self_name.conf), 
-	qq(/etc/$self_name.d/$self_name.conf), 
+	qq(/etc/$self_name.d/$self_name.conf),
+	qq(/usr/etc/$self_name.conf), 
+	qq(/usr/etc/$self_name.d/$self_name.conf),
+	qq(/usr/local/etc/$self_name.conf), 
+	qq(/usr/local/etc/$self_name.d/$self_name.conf),
 	qq($user_config_dir/$self_name.conf)
 	);
 	# Config files should be passed in an array as a param to this function.
diff --git a/pinxi.1 b/pinxi.1
index 66c6c61..c79d8c5 100644
--- a/pinxi.1
+++ b/pinxi.1
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\"  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 .\"  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 .\"  
-.TH INXI 1 "2023\-12\-12" "inxi" "inxi manual"
+.TH INXI 1 "2023\-12\-15" "inxi" "inxi manual"
 
 .SH NAME
 inxi \- Command line system information script for console and IRC
@@ -2975,7 +2975,11 @@ which will prevent distro packages from changing or overwriting your edits. This
 method is recommended if you are using a distro packaged inxi and want to 
 override some global configuration items from the package's default 
 \fB/etc/inxi.conf\fR file but don't want to lose your changes on a package 
-update. 
+update.
+
+In case the distro is using either \fB/usr/etc\fR or \fB/usr/local/etc\fR as non 
+core tool default location, inxi will use those paths instead, with the 
+\fBinxi.d/inxi.conf\fR override option.
 
 You can also override, per user, with a user configuration file found in one of 
 the following locations (inxi will store its config file using the following