diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 495315d55c..4c972aa985 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ d /tmp/foo/bar - - - bmA:1h -</programlisting></para>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%L</literal></entry>
               <entry>System or user log directory</entry>
-              <entry>In <option>--user</option> mode, this is the same as <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname> with <filename index="false">/log</filename> appended, and <filename>/var/log</filename> otherwise.</entry>
+              <entry>In <option>--user</option> mode, this is the same as <varname>$XDG_STATE_HOME</varname> with <filename index="false">/log</filename> appended, and <filename>/var/log</filename> otherwise.</entry>
             </row>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="m"/>
             <xi:include href="standard-specifiers.xml" xpointer="M"/>
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ d /tmp/foo/bar - - - bmA:1h -</programlisting></para>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%S</literal></entry>
               <entry>System or user state directory</entry>
-              <entry>In <option>--user</option> mode, this is the same as <varname>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME</varname>, and <filename>/var/lib</filename> otherwise.</entry>
+              <entry>In <option>--user</option> mode, this is the same as <varname>$XDG_STATE_HOME</varname>, and <filename>/var/lib</filename> otherwise.</entry>
             </row>
             <row>
               <entry><literal>%t</literal></entry>
diff --git a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
index eabac56320..a7de3c87fe 100644
--- a/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
+++ b/src/tmpfiles/tmpfiles.c
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@ static int specifier_directory(char specifier, const void *data, const char *roo
 
         static const struct table_entry paths_user[] = {
                 [DIRECTORY_RUNTIME] = { SD_PATH_USER_RUNTIME              },
-                [DIRECTORY_STATE] =   { SD_PATH_USER_CONFIGURATION        },
+                [DIRECTORY_STATE] =   { SD_PATH_USER_STATE_PRIVATE        },
                 [DIRECTORY_CACHE] =   { SD_PATH_USER_STATE_CACHE          },
-                [DIRECTORY_LOGS] =    { SD_PATH_USER_CONFIGURATION, "log" },
+                [DIRECTORY_LOGS] =    { SD_PATH_USER_STATE_PRIVATE, "log" },
         };
 
         const struct table_entry *paths;