--- a/man/gnus.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:18:41 2007 +0200
+++ b/man/gnus.texi	Mon Aug 13 09:19:45 2007 +0200
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 be a letter.  @sc{gnus} will call the function
 @code{gnus-user-format-function-}@samp{X}, where @samp{X} is the letter
 following @samp{%u}.  The function will be passed a single dummy
-paratere as argument.  The function should return a string, which will
+parameter as argument.  The function should return a string, which will
 be inserted into the buffer just like information from any other
 specifier.
 @end table
@@ -13386,11 +13386,15 @@
 
 @table @code
 
+@item gnus-home-directory
+All Gnus path variables will be initialized from this variable, which
+defaults to @file{~/}.
+
 @item gnus-directory
 @vindex gnus-directory
-All Gnus directories will be initialized from this variable, which
-defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or @file{~/News/}
-if that variable isn't set.
+Most Gnus storage path variables will be initialized from this variable,
+which defaults to the @samp{SAVEDIR} environment variable, or
+@file{~/News/} if that variable isn't set.
 
 @item gnus-default-directory
 @vindex gnus-default-directory