diff --git a/dbclient.1 b/dbclient.1
index 4502b2374ff06f5c0c587be9f16530f52c526d48..cf9c64776f5b3be2d27866d1e3e881b25348beba 100644
--- a/dbclient.1
+++ b/dbclient.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Identity file.
 Read the identity key from file
 .I idfile
 (multiple allowed). This file is created with dropbearkey(1) or converted
-from OpenSSH with dropbearconvert(1).
+from OpenSSH with dropbearconvert(1). The default path ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is used
 .TP
 .B \-L [\fIlistenaddress\fR]:\fIlistenport\fR:\fIhost\fR:\fIport\fR
 Local port forwarding.
diff --git a/dropbearconvert.1 b/dropbearconvert.1
index 4643f5f96c18e2dfb0dcca285d6d8da42d29a1ce..b2f34ef59b55783b62aed0ae458f0c142a6bc535 100644
--- a/dropbearconvert.1
+++ b/dropbearconvert.1
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ or
 An existing Dropbear or OpenSSH private key file
 .TP
 .B output file
-The path to write the converted private key file
+The path to write the converted private key file. For client authentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default
 .SH EXAMPLE
- # dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/dropbear_priv
+ # dropbearconvert openssh dropbear ~/.ssh/id_rsa ~/.ssh/id_dropbear
 .SH AUTHOR
 Matt Johnston (matt@ucc.asn.au).
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/dropbearkey.1 b/dropbearkey.1
index 207a6fef87fbba08446fe898d997f2dec8fdc7c3..b4d202ee168c258e7b1d7002708437ea862bfdbb 100644
--- a/dropbearkey.1
+++ b/dropbearkey.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ or
 .TP
 .B \-f \fIfile
 Write the secret key to the file
-.IR file .
+.IR file . For client authentication ~/.ssh/id_dropbear is loaded by default
 .TP
 .B \-s \fIbits
 Set the key size to