diff --git a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8 b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
index d1dd44c0..f55ccb3d 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-install/xbps-install.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd November 27, 2014
+.Dd December 6, 2014
 .Dt XBPS-INSTALL 8
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm xbps-install
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ operation. This ignores the existing on-disk repository archives in rootdir.
 Dry-run mode. Show what actions would be done but don't do anything.
 .It Fl R, Fl -repository=uri
 Repository to be added to the top of the list. This option can be specified multiple times.
+For local repositories an absolute path is expected.
 .It Fl r, Fl -rootdir Ar dir
 Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
 .It Fl S, Fl -sync
diff --git a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8 b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
index 3e4cc014..a084ccdf 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
+++ b/bin/xbps-query/xbps-query.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd November 27, 2014
+.Dd December 6, 2014
 .Dt XBPS-QUERY 8
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm xbps-query
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ than looking in the target root directory. The
 .Ar url
 argument is optional and can be used to add the repository to the top of the list.
 This option can be specified multiple times.
+For local repositories an absolute path is expected.
 .It Fl -regex
 Enables string matching by using Extended Regular Expressions in compatible modes,
 currently in the