diff --git a/source/includes/common-installation.rst b/source/includes/common-installation.rst
index f0772ae9..d20c9da8 100644
--- a/source/includes/common-installation.rst
+++ b/source/includes/common-installation.rst
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ If the ``minio.service`` file specifies a different user account, use the
 ``$HOME`` directory for that account. Alternatively, specify a custom
 certificate directory using the :mc-cmd:`minio server --certs-dir`
 commandline argument. Modify the ``MINIO_OPTS`` variable in
-``/etc/defaults/minio`` to set this option. The ``systemd`` user which runs the
+``/etc/default/minio`` to set this option. The ``systemd`` user which runs the
 MinIO server process *must* have read and listing permissions for the specified
 directory.
 
diff --git a/source/reference/minio-server/settings/core.rst b/source/reference/minio-server/settings/core.rst
index 31fd99a6..70d18855 100644
--- a/source/reference/minio-server/settings/core.rst
+++ b/source/reference/minio-server/settings/core.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ For example, to set up ftp access, you could set the variable to something like
 
    export MINIO_OPTS=' "--console-address="9001" --ftp="address=:8021" --ftp="passive-port-range=30000-40000" '
 
-On Unix-like systems, you can save a file with the environment variable to ``/etc/defaults/minio`` instead of setting the variable manually.
+On Unix-like systems, you can save a file with the environment variable to ``/etc/default/minio`` instead of setting the variable manually.
 
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