diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 042d40cfc..f0f1ad52b 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ dnl Where the log file goes, use /var/log if it exists, else /{var,usr}/adm
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN(SUDO_TIMEDIR, [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for timestamp file location)
 if test -d "/var/run"; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(/var/run/.odus)
-    AC_DEFINE(_SUDO_PATH_TIMEDIR, "/var/run/.odus")
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(/var/run/sudo)
+    AC_DEFINE(_SUDO_PATH_TIMEDIR, "/var/run/sudo")
 elif test -d "/tmp"; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(/tmp/.odus)
     AC_DEFINE(_SUDO_PATH_TIMEDIR, "/tmp/.odus")
diff --git a/sudo.pod b/sudo.pod
index b2073bc13..9caf34a37 100644
--- a/sudo.pod
+++ b/sudo.pod
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ dynamic loader disables user-defined library search paths
 for setuid programs.  (Most modern dynamic loaders do this.)
 
 B<sudo> will check the ownership of its timestamp directory
-(F</var/run/.odus> or F</tmp/.odus> by default) and ignore
+(F</var/run/sudo> or F</tmp/.odus> by default) and ignore
 the directory's contents if it is not owned by root and
 only read, writable, and executable by root.  On systems
 that allow users to give files away to root (via chown),