2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
index 5901d1983..e78b20fe2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Puppet
     else
         # Else, use system-wide directories.
         conf = "/etc/puppet"
-        var = "/var/puppet"
+        var = "/var/lib/puppet"
     end
 
     self.setdefaults(:main,
diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
index 60cbb8639..477b9a7ab 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/configuration.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config = Puppet::Util::Reference.newreference(:configuration, :depth => 1, :doc
         str += ""
         val = object.default
         if name.to_s == "vardir"
-            val = "/var/puppet"
+            val = "/var/lib/puppet"
         elsif name.to_s == "confdir"
             val = "/etc/puppet"
         end