diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 40d433a..72f53e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ News file for Stow.
 
 ***** Added some more information from the web page to the README
 
+***** Made some small improvements to the documentation
+
 ***** Added a CONTRIBUTING.md file
 
 ***** Add a =watch= target to =Makefile=
diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi
index 3b840a1..a191d9e 100644
--- a/doc/stow.texi
+++ b/doc/stow.texi
@@ -220,9 +220,12 @@ to be installed in a particular directory structure --- e.g., with
 
 @cindex target directory
 A @dfn{target directory} is the root of a tree in which one or more
-packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed.  A common, but by no
-means the only such location is @file{/usr/local}.  The examples in this
-manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
+packages wish to @emph{appear} to be installed.  @file{/usr/local} is a
+common choice for this, but by no means the only such location.  Another
+common choice is @file{~} (i.e. the user's @code{$HOME} directory) in
+the case where Stow is being used to manage the user's configuration
+(``dotfiles'') and other files in their @code{$HOME}.  The examples in
+this manual will use @file{/usr/local} as the target directory.
 
 @cindex stow directory
 A @dfn{stow directory} is the root of a tree containing separate