diff --git a/man/systemd.unit.xml b/man/systemd.unit.xml
index 23c60d5c012..cc6606022b9 100644
--- a/man/systemd.unit.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.unit.xml
@@ -60,12 +60,14 @@
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/user.control/*</filename>
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/transient/*</filename>
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/generator.early/*</filename>
-<filename>~/.config/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>/etc/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>/run/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/generator/*</filename>
-<filename>~/.local/share/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user/*</filename>
+<filename>$XDG_DATA_DIRS/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename index='false'>…</filename>
 <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/user/*</filename>
 <filename>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/systemd/generator.late/*</filename></literallayout></para>
@@ -434,6 +436,10 @@
             <entry><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user</filename> or <filename>$HOME/.config/systemd/user</filename></entry>
             <entry>User configuration (<varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> is used if set, <filename>~/.config</filename> otherwise)</entry>
           </row>
+          <row>
+            <entry><filename>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/systemd/user</filename> or <filename>/etc/xdg/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+            <entry>Additional configuration directories as specified by the XDG base directory specification (<varname>$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS</varname> is used if set, <filename>/etc/xdg</filename> otherwise)</entry>
+          </row>
           <row>
             <entry><filename>/etc/systemd/user</filename></entry>
             <entry>User units created by the administrator</entry>
@@ -455,6 +461,10 @@
             <entry><filename>$XDG_DATA_HOME/systemd/user</filename> or <filename>$HOME/.local/share/systemd/user</filename></entry>
             <entry>Units of packages that have been installed in the home directory (<varname>$XDG_DATA_HOME</varname> is used if set, <filename>~/.local/share</filename> otherwise)</entry>
           </row>
+          <row>
+            <entry><filename>$XDG_DATA_DIRS/systemd/user</filename> or <filename>/usr/local/share/systemd/user</filename> and <filename>/usr/share/systemd/user</filename></entry>
+            <entry>Additional data directories as specified by the XDG base directory specification (<varname>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</varname> is used if set, <filename>/usr/local/share</filename> and <filename>/usr/share</filename> otherwise)</entry>
+          </row>
           <row>
             <entry><filename>$dir/systemd/user</filename> for each <varname index="false">$dir</varname> in <varname>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</varname></entry>
             <entry>Additional locations for installed user units, one for each entry in <varname>$XDG_DATA_DIRS</varname></entry>
diff --git a/src/basic/path-lookup.c b/src/basic/path-lookup.c
index 3ea851c3385..e763fd7993f 100644
--- a/src/basic/path-lookup.c
+++ b/src/basic/path-lookup.c
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ static char** user_dirs(
         if (strv_extend(&res, generator_early) < 0)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (strv_extend_strv_concat(&res, config_dirs, "/systemd/user") < 0)
+        if (strv_extend(&res, persistent_config) < 0)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (strv_extend(&res, persistent_config) < 0)
+        if (strv_extend_strv_concat(&res, config_dirs, "/systemd/user") < 0)
                 return NULL;
 
         /* global config has lower priority than the user config of the same type */