diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba7ce81..ee35ee7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -363,11 +363,11 @@ Run it by hand with `engine/agents.py up --config agents.toml`.
 secret anywhere else** — not in a git remote URL, not in a project `.env`, not in a prompt.
 
 ```
-/srv/secrets/store.yaml         the store: sops+age ciphertext, mode 0600
+/secrets/store.yaml         the store: sops+age ciphertext, mode 0600
 ~/.config/sops/age/keys.txt     the age private key — the ONE plaintext secret, mode 0600
 ```
 
-`/srv/secrets/` is deliberately **not a git repo and has no remote**, so there is no path by
+`/secrets/` is deliberately **not a git repo and has no remote**, so there is no path by
 which a `git add`/`git push` can leak it; the store is ciphertext at rest anyway.
 
 Read it with `engine/secrets.py` (stdlib + the `sops` binary, no Python deps):
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ env    = get_group("cc_ci_testenv")       # a whole group as a dict
 python3 engine/secrets.py list                 # group/key NAMES only — never prints values
 python3 engine/secrets.py get tangled.cookie   # one value on stdout
 python3 engine/secrets.py materialize tangled-session   # write a runtime file from the store
-sops /srv/secrets/store.yaml                   # add/edit: decrypts to $EDITOR, re-encrypts on save
+sops /secrets/store.yaml                   # add/edit: decrypts to $EDITOR, re-encrypts on save
 ```
 
 **Materialized files.** Some consumers read a fixed path and can't be taught otherwise (a systemd
diff --git a/secrets.py b/secrets.py
index 25d8c93..805ec14 100755
--- a/secrets.py
+++ b/secrets.py
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ remote URLs (`https://user:pass@host/...`, which `git remote -v` happily prints)
 in .env files, a private key at mode 0644. Anything in a repo is one `git add -A` away from
 a push. So: ONE encrypted file, OUTSIDE every git tree, and a helper every project uses.
 
-    store:    /srv/secrets/store.yaml          sops+age ciphertext, mode 0600
+    store:    /secrets/store.yaml          sops+age ciphertext, mode 0600
     age key:  ~/.config/sops/age/keys.txt      the ONLY plaintext secret on disk, 0600
-    outside git by construction — /srv/secrets is not a repo and has no remote.
+    outside git by construction — /secrets is not a repo and has no remote.
 
 USAGE (library):
     from secrets import get, get_group
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ USAGE (CLI):
 MATERIALIZED FILES: some consumers read a fixed path and cannot be taught otherwise (a
 systemd EnvironmentFile, an ssh IdentityFile, `nix`'s authKeyFile). Those files still exist
 on disk at 0600, but the STORE IS THE SOURCE OF TRUTH — `materialize` rewrites them from it.
-Never edit a materialized file by hand; edit the store (`sops /srv/secrets/store.yaml`) and
+Never edit a materialized file by hand; edit the store (`sops /secrets/store.yaml`) and
 re-materialize, or the two silently drift.
 
-ADDING A SECRET:  sops /srv/secrets/store.yaml   (opens decrypted in $EDITOR, re-encrypts on save)
+ADDING A SECRET:  sops /secrets/store.yaml   (opens decrypted in $EDITOR, re-encrypts on save)
 """
 import json, os, subprocess, sys, pathlib
 
-STORE = os.environ.get("AO_SECRETS_STORE", "/srv/secrets/store.yaml")
+STORE = os.environ.get("AO_SECRETS_STORE", "/secrets/store.yaml")
 AGE_KEY = os.environ.get("SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE", os.path.expanduser("~/.config/sops/age/keys.txt"))
 
 # name -> (path, mode). Files a consumer reads from a fixed location; see MATERIALIZED FILES.