diff --git a/lisp/paths.el b/lisp/paths.el
index 1d8f8c45ed7c1f736cddf27296c5799bbbe2414a..61c82e6718b9cd66e34057c85971b3d7ba79f772 100644
--- a/lisp/paths.el
+++ b/lisp/paths.el
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ comparison."
 	 (suffixes
 	  ;; Subdirectories in each directory tree that may contain info
 	  ;; directories.
-	  '("" "share/" "gnu/" "gnu/lib/" "gnu/lib/emacs/"
+	  '("share/" "" "gnu/" "gnu/lib/" "gnu/lib/emacs/"
 	    "emacs/" "lib/" "lib/emacs/"))
 	 (standard-info-dirs
 	  (apply #'nconc
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ comparison."
 				 dirs
 			       (prune-directory-list dirs config))))
 			 prefixes))))
-    ;; If $(prefix)/info is not one of the standard info directories,
-    ;; they are probably installing an experimental version of Emacs,
-    ;; so make sure that experimental version's Info files override
-    ;; the ones in standard directories.
+    ;; If $(prefix)/share/info is not one of the standard info
+    ;; directories, they are probably installing an experimental
+    ;; version of Emacs, so make sure that experimental version's Info
+    ;; files override the ones in standard directories.
     (if (member config-dir standard-info-dirs)
 	(nconc standard-info-dirs config)
       (cons config-dir standard-info-dirs)))