diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but
index bdbb5158..d9db7864 100644
--- a/doc/faq.but
+++ b/doc/faq.but
@@ -427,7 +427,8 @@ put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at
 
 You can ask PuTTY to delete all this data; see \k{faq-cleanup}.
 
-On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory \cw{~/.putty}.
+On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory \cw{~/.putty}
+by default.
 
 \H{faq-howto} HOWTO questions