diff --git a/doc/man/polybar.5.rst b/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
index 4e32fce7..a02a134b 100644
--- a/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
+++ b/doc/man/polybar.5.rst
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ places in the following order:
 
 * If the ``-c`` or ``--config`` command line argument is specified, it will use
   the path given there.
-* If the environment variable ``XDG_CONFIG_HOME`` is set it will use
-  ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/config``
-* If the environment variable ``HOME`` is set it will use
-  ``$HOME/.config/polybar/config``
+* ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/config``
+* ``$HOME/.config/polybar/config``
 
 Syntax
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