diff --git a/man/bootchart.conf.xml b/man/bootchart.conf.xml
index 419554e2d1..fb6e274492 100644
--- a/man/bootchart.conf.xml
+++ b/man/bootchart.conf.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
                                 <term><varname>output=[path]</varname></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the output folder for writing
                                 the graphs. By default, bootchart writes the graphs to
-                                <filename>/var/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
+                                <filename>/run/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/systemd-bootchart.xml b/man/systemd-bootchart.xml
index 75341100f9..a3fea05b5c 100644
--- a/man/systemd-bootchart.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-bootchart.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
                                 <term><option>--output [path]</option></term>
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the output folder for writing
                                 the graphs. By default, bootchart writes the graphs to
-                                <filename>/var/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
+                                <filename>/run/log</filename>.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/bootchart/README b/src/bootchart/README
index a209caf46b..03b0fe95ee 100644
--- a/src/bootchart/README
+++ b/src/bootchart/README
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ where possible problems exist in the startup sequence of the system.
 Of course, bootchart can also be used at any moment in time to collect and
 graph some data for an amount of time. Bootchart does not even require root
 privileges to do so, and will happily run as a normal user. Bootchart graphs
-are by default written time-stamped in /var/log.
+are by default written time-stamped in /run/log.
 
 --
 
diff --git a/src/bootchart/bootchart.conf b/src/bootchart/bootchart.conf
index fa1a09bd0a..079750436a 100644
--- a/src/bootchart/bootchart.conf
+++ b/src/bootchart/bootchart.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #freq=25
 #rel=0
 #filter=1
-#output=<folder name, defaults to /var/log>
+#output=<folder name, defaults to /run/log>
 #init=/path/to/init-binary
 #pss=0
 #entropy=0
diff --git a/src/bootchart/svg.c b/src/bootchart/svg.c
index d7c4168d57..6ad7348ecb 100644
--- a/src/bootchart/svg.c
+++ b/src/bootchart/svg.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void svg_header(void)
         svg("<!-- such as Chrome, Chromium, or Firefox. Other applications that       -->\n");
         svg("<!-- render these files properly but more slowly are ImageMagick, gimp,  -->\n");
         svg("<!-- inkscape, etc. To display the files on your system, just point      -->\n");
-        svg("<!-- your browser to file:///var/log/ and click. This bootchart was      -->\n\n");
+        svg("<!-- your browser to file:///run/log/ and click. This bootchart was      -->\n\n");
 
         svg("<!-- generated by bootchart version %s, running with options:  -->\n", VERSION);
         svg("<!-- hz=\"%f\" n=\"%d\" -->\n", hz, len);