diff --git a/doc/apps.texi b/doc/apps.texi
index 6e91e7bc2..6fc90937c 100644
--- a/doc/apps.texi
+++ b/doc/apps.texi
@@ -182,9 +182,10 @@ tokens for can either be specified as an explicit list, as file paths to
 get tokens for, or be left unspecified, in which case will use whatever
 magic @manpage{kafs,3} decides upon.
 
-If not told what the cell to get credentials for, @manpage{kafs,3} will
-search after the system ThisCell file, usually located in /etc/afs,
-/usr/vice/etc or where efter the OpenAFS installation put them.
+If not told what cell to get credentials for, @manpage{kafs,3} will
+search for the files ThisCell and TheseCells in the locations
+specified in @manpage{kafs,3} and try to get tokens for these cells
+and the cells specified in $HOME/.TheseCells.
 
 More usefully it will look at and ~/.TheseCells in your home directory
 and for each line which is a cell get afs token for these cells.