diff --git a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8 b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
index c9eebbbe..e630b8e1 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd December 15, 2014
+.Dd January 10, 2014
 .Dt XBPS-INSTALL 8
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm xbps-install
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ than looking in the target root directory.
 Appends the specified repository to the top of the list. The
 .Ar url
 argument expects a URL to the repository for remote repositories or
-an absolute path for local repositories.
+a path for local repositories.
 This option can be specified multiple times.
 .It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
 Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
index a51194f7..5f6add8f 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd December 15, 2014
+.Dd January 10, 2014
 .Dt XBPS-QUERY 8
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm xbps-query
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ than looking in the target root directory.
 Appends the specified repository to the top of the list. The
 .Ar url
 argument expects a URL to the repository for remote repositories or
-an absolute path for local repositories.
+a path for local repositories.
 This option can be specified multiple times.
 .It Fl -regex
 Enables string matching by using Extended Regular Expressions in compatible modes,