diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 94b2a375c..58688804f 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2006-08-31</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[matthew] - Change the location of locatedb from
+          /var/lib/locate to /var/lib/misc so as to comply with the FHS.  Fixes
+          #1869.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[matthew] - Remove spurious curly braces from the example
           /etc/resolv.conf.  Fixes #1870.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/findutils.xml b/chapter06/findutils.xml
index c05af343b..3ff8d2c52 100644
--- a/chapter06/findutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/findutils.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/findutils \
-    --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
+    --localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>