diff --git a/scsh/scsh.scm b/scsh/scsh.scm
index 3aca9a3..d670c29 100644
--- a/scsh/scsh.scm
+++ b/scsh/scsh.scm
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
 
 ;;; Create a new temporary file and return its name.
 ;;; The optional argument specifies the filename prefix to use, and defaults
-;;; to "/usr/tmp/<pid>.", where <pid> is the current process' id. The procedure
+;;; to "/tmp/<pid>.", where <pid> is the current process' id. The procedure
 ;;; scans through the files named <prefix>0, <prefix>1, ... until it finds a
 ;;; filename that doesn't exist in the filesystem. It creates the file with 
 ;;; permission #o600, and returns the filename.
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 	       (list (string-append (car maybe-prefix) ".~a"))))))
 
 (define *temp-file-template*
-  (make-fluid (string-append "/usr/tmp/" (number->string (pid)) ".~a")))
+  (make-fluid (string-append "/tmp/" (number->string (pid)) ".~a")))
 
 
 (define (temp-file-iterate maker . maybe-template)