diff -up ./NEWS.ori ./NEWS
diff -up ./sysctl.8.ori ./sysctl.8
--- ./sysctl.8.ori	2018-03-03 07:59:18.064843718 +0100
+++ ./sysctl.8	2022-07-29 16:33:02.906648974 +0200
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details."
-.TH SYSCTL "8" "2018-02-19" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
+.TH SYSCTL "8" "2020-02-27" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
 .SH NAME
 sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ directories in the following list in giv
 Once a file of a given filename is loaded, any file of the same name
 in subsequent directories is ignored.
 .br
-/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.br
 /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
 .br
+/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
 /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
 .br
 /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/neigh/eth0
 .SH FILES
 .I /proc/sys
 .br
+.I /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
 .I /etc/sysctl.conf
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR sysctl.conf (5)
diff -up ./sysctl.conf.5.ori ./sysctl.conf.5
--- ./sysctl.conf.5.ori	2017-12-22 05:13:14.771653252 +0100
+++ ./sysctl.conf.5	2022-07-29 16:33:02.907648980 +0200
@@ -51,22 +51,22 @@ to list all possible parameters. The des
 .RE
 .PP
 .SH FILES
-.TP
-/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.TQ
-/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.TQ
-/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.TQ
-/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.TQ
-/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
-.TQ
-/etc/sysctl.conf
+.I /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
+.br
+.I /etc/sysctl.conf
+
 The paths where
-sysctl
+.B sysctl
 preload files usually exist.  See also
-sysctl
+.B sysctl
 option
 .IR \-\-system .
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff -up ./sysctl.c.ori ./sysctl.c
--- ./sysctl.c.ori	2018-05-17 13:23:41.574213737 +0200
+++ ./sysctl.c	2022-07-29 16:33:02.907648980 +0200
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ static int PreloadSystem(void)
 {
 	unsigned di, i;
 	const char *dirs[] = {
-		"/run/sysctl.d",
 		"/etc/sysctl.d",
+		"/run/sysctl.d",
 		"/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d",
 		"/usr/lib/sysctl.d",
 		"/lib/sysctl.d",