diff --git a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
index d399bb9a..1574c975 100644
--- a/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
+++ b/src/doc/user/usermanual.sgml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       Dockes</holder>
     </copyright>
 
-    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.34 2006-12-24 07:52:52 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
+    <releaseinfo>$Id: usermanual.sgml,v 1.35 2007-01-15 13:03:35 dockes Exp $</releaseinfo>
 
     <abstract>
       <para>This document introduces full text search notions
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ fvwm
         name of the user's home directory.</para>
         
         <para>White space is used for separation inside  lists.
-        Elements with embedded spaces can be quoted using
+        List elements with embedded spaces can be quoted using
         double-quotes.</para>
 
       <sect2 id="rcl.install.config.recollconf">
@@ -1516,7 +1516,9 @@ fvwm
             <listitem><para>The name of the Xapian data directory. It
             will be created if needed when the index is
             initialized. If this is not an absolute path, it will be
-            interpreted relative to the configuration directory.</para>
+            interpreted relative to the configuration directory. The
+            value can have embedded spaces but starting or trailing
+            spaces will be trimmed. You cannot use quotes here.</para>
             </listitem>
           </varlistentry>