diff --git a/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in b/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in
index 643ee39706..e9f3eda15b 100644
--- a/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in
+++ b/docs/conf/httpd.conf.in
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 # Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
 # of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
 # server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
-# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "@rel_logfiledir@/foo_log"
-# with ServerRoot set to "@@ServerRoot@@" will be interpreted by the
-# server as "@@ServerRoot@@/@rel_logfiledir@/foo_log".
+# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so 'log/access_log'
+# with ServerRoot set to '/www' will be interpreted by the
+# server as '/www/log/access_log', where as '/log/access_log' will be
+# interpreted as '/log/access_log'.
 
 #
 # ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's