diff --git a/cf/m4/cfhead.m4 b/cf/m4/cfhead.m4

index 714a3ec..3fd6c1c 100644

--- a/cf/m4/cfhead.m4

+++ b/cf/m4/cfhead.m4

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ ifdef(`MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR', , `define(`MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR', `/etc/mail/')')

 define(`DATABASE_MAP_TYPE', `hash')

 # set up default values for options

-define(`ALIAS_FILE', `MAIL_SETTINGS_DIR`'aliases')

+define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')

 define(`confMAILER_NAME', ``MAILER-DAEMON'')

 define(`confFROM_LINE', `From $g $d')

 define(`confOPERATORS', `.:%@!^/[]+')

diff --git a/sendmail/aliases.0 b/sendmail/aliases.0

index cfdbe17..5ea4c28 100644

--- a/sendmail/aliases.0

+++ b/sendmail/aliases.0

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ D?DE?ES?SC?CR?RI?IP?PT?TI?IO?ON?N

        the list of users defined in that file.

        This  is  only  the  raw  data file; the actual aliasing information is

-       placed into a binary format in the file /etc/mail/aliases.db using  the

+       placed into a binary format in the file /etc/aliases.db using  the

        program  newaliases(1).   A  newaliases command should be executed each

        time the aliases file is changed for the change to take effect.

diff --git a/sendmail/aliases.5 b/sendmail/aliases.5

index f09b49c..7b16db2 100644

--- a/sendmail/aliases.5

+++ b/sendmail/aliases.5

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ID

 aliases used by 

 sendmail.

 The file resides in 

-/etc/mail 

+/etc

 and 

 is formatted as a series of lines of the form

 .IP

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ list of users defined in that file.

 .PP

 This is only the raw data file; the actual aliasing information is

 placed into a binary format in the file 

-/etc/mail/aliases.db

+/etc/aliases.db

 using the program 

 newaliases(1).  

 A 

diff --git a/sendmail/newaliases.0 b/sendmail/newaliases.0

index c77f401..e2a1670 100644

--- a/sendmail/newaliases.0

+++ b/sendmail/newaliases.0

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ S?SY?YN?NO?OP?PS?SI?IS?S

 D?DE?ES?SC?CR?RI?IP?PT?TI?IO?ON?N

        N?Ne?ew?wa?al?li?ia?as?se?es?s  rebuilds  the  random access data base for the mail aliases

-       file /etc/mail/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is  changed

+       file /etc/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is  changed

        in order for the change to take effect.

        N?Ne?ew?wa?al?li?ia?as?se?es?s is identical to ``sendmail -bi''.

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ D?DE?ES?SC?CR?RI?IP?PT?TI?IO?ON?N

        s?se?en?nd?dm?ma?ai?il?l.?.

 F?FI?IL?LE?ES?S

-       /etc/mail/aliases   The mail aliases file

+       /etc/aliases   The mail aliases file

 S?SE?EE?E A?AL?LS?SO?O

        aliases(5), sendmail(8)

diff --git a/sendmail/newaliases.1 b/sendmail/newaliases.1

index 59dc0de..9ba8752 100644

--- a/sendmail/newaliases.1

+++ b/sendmail/newaliases.1

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ newaliases

 .SH DESCRIPTION

 .B Newaliases

 rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file

-/etc/mail/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is changed

+/etc/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is changed

 in order for the change to take effect.

 .PP

 .B Newaliases

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ puts a special token into the data base that is required by

 .B sendmail.

 .SH FILES

 .TP 2i

-/etc/mail/aliases

+/etc/aliases

 The mail aliases file

 .SH SEE ALSO

 aliases(5), sendmail(8)

diff --git a/sendmail/sendmail.0 b/sendmail/sendmail.0

index 515d5f7..8236411 100644

--- a/sendmail/sendmail.0

+++ b/sendmail/sendmail.0

@@ -434,10 +434,10 @@ F?FI?IL?LE?ES?S

        are only approximations.

-        /etc/mail/aliases

+        /etc/aliases

               raw data for alias names

-        /etc/mail/aliases.db

+        /etc/aliases.db

               data base of alias names

         /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

diff --git a/sendmail/sendmail.8 b/sendmail/sendmail.8

index 0356839..1258c26 100644

--- a/sendmail/sendmail.8

+++ b/sendmail/sendmail.8

@@ -711,10 +711,10 @@ Thus,

 these values are only approximations.

 .PP

 .TP

- /etc/mail/aliases

+ /etc/aliases

 raw data for alias names

 .TP

- /etc/mail/aliases.db

+ /etc/aliases.db

 data base of alias names

 .TP

  /etc/mail/sendmail.cf