-.\" $OpenBSD: ld.so.1,v 1.16 2007/05/31 19:19:39 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ld.so.1,v 1.17 2008/08/24 20:43:53 martynas Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: rtld.1,v 1.2 1995/10/08 23:43:28 pk Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Paul Kranenburg
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 24 2008 $
.Dt LD.SO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-A colon separated list of directories, overriding the default search path
+A colon separated list of directories, prepending the default search path
for shared libraries.
This variable is ignored for set-user-ID and set-group-ID executables.
.Pp