From 3a50fbc21b8b2e659205833027cbf842e0e7a2a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Kasik <mkasik@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 16:29:48 +0100
Subject: docs: Describe DBDIR argument in man page

This patch also fixes a typo.
---
 docs/dconf-tool.xml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/dconf-tool.xml b/docs/dconf-tool.xml
index 0e2bba9..687d045 100644
--- a/docs/dconf-tool.xml
+++ b/docs/dconf-tool.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      The <replaceable>OUTPUT</replaceable> argument must the location to write a (binary) dconf database to and the
+      The <replaceable>OUTPUT</replaceable> argument must be the location to write a (binary) dconf database to and the
       <replaceable>KEYFILEDIR</replaceable> argument must be a .d directory containing keyfiles.
     </para>
 
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@
       explicit quotes: "'foo'". This format is also used when printing out values.
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+      The optional <replaceable>DBDIR</replaceable> argument is a directory containing the system dconf databases to be updated.
+      The default directory is typically <filename>/etc/dconf/db/</filename> and users need sufficient privileges to update it.
+    </para>
+
     <para>
       Note that dconf needs a D-Bus session bus connection to write changes to the dconf database.
     </para>
-- 
2.52.0