diff --git a/man/custom-entities.ent.in b/man/custom-entities.ent.in
index 03fe05f1bc..dc4b242fc3 100644
--- a/man/custom-entities.ent.in
+++ b/man/custom-entities.ent.in
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 <!ENTITY MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT @MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT_YES_NO@>
 <!ENTITY KILL_USER_PROCESSES @KILL_USER_PROCESSES_YES_NO@>
 <!ENTITY DEBUGTTY @DEBUGTTY@>
+<!ENTITY RC_LOCAL_PATH @RC_LOCAL_PATH@>
diff --git a/man/systemd-rc-local-generator.xml b/man/systemd-rc-local-generator.xml
index 0e607d0bce..b51f50a1e1 100644
--- a/man/systemd-rc-local-generator.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-rc-local-generator.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
-  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "custom-entities.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
+
 <refentry id="systemd-rc-local-generator" conditional='HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT'>
   <refentryinfo>
     <title>systemd-rc-local-generator</title>
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
 
   <refnamediv>
     <refname>systemd-rc-local-generator</refname>
-    <refpurpose>Compatibility generator for starting <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> during boot</refpurpose>
+    <refpurpose>Compatibility generator for starting <filename>&RC_LOCAL_PATH;</filename> during boot</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
 
   <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -27,17 +30,17 @@
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para><filename>systemd-rc-local-generator</filename> is a generator that checks whether
-    <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> exists and is executable, and if it is pulls the
-    <filename>rc-local.service</filename> unit into the boot process. This unit is responsible for running this script
-    during late boot. Note that the script will be run with slightly different semantics than the original System V
-    version, which was run "last" in the boot process, which is a concept that does not translate to systemd. The
-    script is run after <filename>network.target</filename>, but in parallel with most other regular system
-    services.</para>
+    <filename>&RC_LOCAL_PATH;</filename> exists and is executable, and if it is pulls the
+    <filename>rc-local.service</filename> unit into the boot process. This unit is responsible for running
+    this script during late boot. Note that the script will be run with slightly different semantics than the
+    original System V version, which was run "last" in the boot process, which is a concept that does not
+    translate to systemd. The script is run after <filename>network.target</filename>, but in parallel with
+    most other regular system services.</para>
 
-    <para>Support for <filename>/etc/rc.local</filename> is provided
-    for compatibility with specific System V systems only. However, it is strongly recommended to avoid making use of
-    this script today, and instead provide proper unit files with appropriate dependencies for any scripts to run
-    during the boot process.</para>
+    <para>Support for <filename>&RC_LOCAL_PATH;</filename> is provided for compatibility with specific System
+    V systems only. However, it is strongly recommended to avoid making use of this script today, and instead
+    provide proper unit files with appropriate dependencies for any scripts to run during the boot process.
+    Note that the path to the script is set a compile time and varies between distributions.</para>
 
     <para><filename>systemd-rc-local-generator</filename> implements
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ee3791a3ae..e6804900a6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_CONFIG_UNIT_DIR',                     join_paths(pkgsysc
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_DATA_UNIT_PATH',                      systemunitdir)
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_SYSVINIT_PATH',                       sysvinit_path)
 conf.set_quoted('SYSTEM_SYSVRCND_PATH',                       sysvrcnd_path)
-conf.set_quoted('RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START',                 get_option('rc-local'))
+conf.set_quoted('RC_LOCAL_PATH',                              get_option('rc-local'))
 
 conf.set('ANSI_OK_COLOR',                                     'ANSI_' + get_option('ok-color').underscorify().to_upper())
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ substs.set('CERTIFICATEROOT',                                 get_option('certif
 substs.set('RANDOM_SEED',                                     join_paths(randomseeddir, 'random-seed'))
 substs.set('SYSTEM_SYSVINIT_PATH',                            sysvinit_path)
 substs.set('SYSTEM_SYSVRCND_PATH',                            sysvrcnd_path)
-substs.set('RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START',                      get_option('rc-local'))
+substs.set('RC_LOCAL_PATH',                                   get_option('rc-local'))
 substs.set('MEMORY_ACCOUNTING_DEFAULT',                       memory_accounting_default ? 'yes' : 'no')
 substs.set('STATUS_UNIT_FORMAT_DEFAULT',                      status_unit_format_default)
 substs.set('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE',                              conf.get('HIGH_RLIMIT_NOFILE'))
diff --git a/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c b/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
index 908e6272a8..75bb875b79 100644
--- a/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
+++ b/src/rc-local-generator/rc-local-generator.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int run(const char *dest, const char *dest_early, const char *dest_late)
 
         assert_se(arg_dest = dest);
 
-        if (check_executable(RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START) >= 0) {
+        if (check_executable(RC_LOCAL_PATH) >= 0) {
                 log_debug("Automatically adding rc-local.service.");
 
                 r = add_symlink("rc-local.service", "multi-user.target");
diff --git a/units/rc-local.service.in b/units/rc-local.service.in
index 78ce69e0ae..d4aaaf09d4 100644
--- a/units/rc-local.service.in
+++ b/units/rc-local.service.in
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 #  (at your option) any later version.
 
 # This unit gets pulled automatically into multi-user.target by
-# systemd-rc-local-generator if @RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ is executable.
+# systemd-rc-local-generator if @RC_LOCAL_PATH@ is executable.
 [Unit]
-Description=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ Compatibility
+Description=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@ Compatibility
 Documentation=man:systemd-rc-local-generator(8)
-ConditionFileIsExecutable=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=forking
-ExecStart=@RC_LOCAL_SCRIPT_PATH_START@ start
+ExecStart=@RC_LOCAL_PATH@ start
 TimeoutSec=0
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 GuessMainPID=no