diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 8ff329a..a9d9747 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -614,6 +614,9 @@
 all thoses parameters. This option is useful for old MS-DOS disk
 images.
 
+@item -L path
+Set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps.
+
 @item -std-vga
 Simulate a standard VGA card with Bochs VBE extensions (default is
 Cirrus Logic GD5446 PCI VGA). If your guest OS supports the VESA 2.0
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index af42379..29142e1 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -5899,7 +5899,7 @@
            "-d item1,...    output log to %s (use -d ? for a list of log items)\n"
            "-hdachs c,h,s[,t]  force hard disk 0 physical geometry and the optional BIOS\n"
            "                translation (t=none or lba) (usually qemu can guess them)\n"
-           "-L path         set the directory for the BIOS and VGA BIOS\n"
+           "-L path         set the directory for the BIOS, VGA BIOS and keymaps\n"
 #ifdef USE_KQEMU
            "-kernel-kqemu   enable KQEMU full virtualization (default is user mode only)\n"
            "-no-kqemu       disable KQEMU kernel module usage\n"