diff --git a/man/locale.conf.xml b/man/locale.conf.xml
index 2fe731113a..1405dda3fd 100644
--- a/man/locale.conf.xml
+++ b/man/locale.conf.xml
@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@
     might be checked for locale configuration as well, however only as
     fallback.</para>
 
-    <para><citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated
+    using
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
     may be used to alter the settings in this file during runtime from
     the command line. Use
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system
-    images.</para>
+    to initialize them on mounted (but not booted) system images.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
index fa30ca6569..4a6672cbae 100644
--- a/man/vconsole.conf.xml
+++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
     <para>Depending on the operating system other configuration files
     might be checked for configuration of the virtual console as well,
     however only as fallback.</para>
+
+    <para><filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> is usually created and updated
+    using
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>localectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    may be used to instruct <command>systemd-localed.service</command> to
+    query or update configuration.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>