-;;; This is a sample init file. It can be used without modification as
-;;; your init.el. In SXEmacs, this file is located in the ~/.sxemacs/
-;;; subdirectory and is called init.el. Other files are also located
-;;; here, such as custom-${USER}.el (the auto-generated file containing
-;;; Customization options that you saved when using
-;;; Options->Save Options).
+;;; This is a sample init file. It can be used without modification
+;;; as your init.el. In SXEmacs, this file, called `init.el', is
+;;; located in the directory defined in the `user-init-directory'
+;;; variable. It normally defaults to `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/sxemacs',
+;;; or `${HOME}/.config/sxemacs' if the XDG environment isn't set.
+;;; Historically, this file was located in `~/.sxemacs', and indeed,
+;;; that directory is still supported.
+
+;;; To find out exactly where your SXEmacs would look for your init.el
+;;; file, do...
+;;;
+;;; M-: user-init-directory RET
+
+;;; Other files are also located here, such as custom-${USER}.el (the
+;;; auto-generated file containing Customization options that you
+;;; saved when using Options->Save Options).