diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 217fe76..8d791c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /*-stamp
 /mdadm
 /mdadm.8
+/mdadm.conf.5
 /mdadm.udeb
 /mdassemble
 /mdmon
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a51d81..bf12603 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ raid6check : raid6check.o mdadm.h $(CHECK_OBJS)
 
 mdadm.8 : mdadm.8.in
 	sed -e 's/{DEFAULT_METADATA}/$(DEFAULT_METADATA)/g' \
-	-e 's,{MAP_PATH},$(MAP_PATH),g'  mdadm.8.in > mdadm.8
+	-e 's,{MAP_PATH},$(MAP_PATH),g' -e 's,{CONFFILE},$(CONFFILE),g' \
+	-e 's,{CONFFILE2},$(CONFFILE2),g'  mdadm.8.in > mdadm.8
+
+mdadm.conf.5 : mdadm.conf.5.in
+	sed -e 's,{CONFFILE},$(CONFFILE),g' \
+	-e 's,{CONFFILE2},$(CONFFILE2),g'  mdadm.conf.5.in > mdadm.conf.5
 
 mdadm.man : mdadm.8
 	man -l mdadm.8 > mdadm.man
diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index e2a4242..8b21ffd 100644
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -267,13 +267,13 @@ the exact meaning of this option in different contexts.
 .TP
 .BR \-c ", " \-\-config=
 Specify the config file or directory.  Default is to use
-.B /etc/mdadm.conf
+.B {CONFFILE}
 and
-.BR /etc/mdadm.conf.d ,
+.BR {CONFFILE}.d ,
 or if those are missing then
-.B /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
+.B {CONFFILE2}
 and
-.BR /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf.d .
+.BR {CONFFILE2}.d .
 If the config file given is
 .B "partitions"
 then nothing will be read, but
@@ -2014,9 +2014,9 @@ The config file is only used if explicitly named with
 or requested with (a possibly implicit)
 .BR \-\-scan .
 In the later case,
-.B /etc/mdadm.conf
+.B {CONFFILE}
 or
-.B /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
+.B {CONFFILE2}
 is used.
 
 If
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ uses this to find arrays when
 is given in Misc mode, and to monitor array reconstruction
 on Monitor mode.
 
-.SS /etc/mdadm.conf
+.SS {CONFFILE} (or {CONFFILE2})
 
 The config file lists which devices may be scanned to see if
 they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information
@@ -3352,7 +3352,7 @@ they contain MD super block, and gives identifying information
 .BR mdadm.conf (5)
 for more details.
 
-.SS /etc/mdadm.conf.d
+.SS {CONFFILE}.d (or {CONFFILE2}.d)
 
 A directory containing configuration files which are read in lexical
 order.
diff --git a/mdadm.conf.5 b/mdadm.conf.5.in
similarity index 99%
rename from mdadm.conf.5
rename to mdadm.conf.5.in
index 74a21c5..83edd00 100644
--- a/mdadm.conf.5
+++ b/mdadm.conf.5.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 mdadm.conf \- configuration for management of Software RAID with mdadm
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-/etc/mdadm.conf
+{CONFFILE}
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 .I mdadm