schema files in <replaceable>directory</replaceable> into a binary file
with the name <filename>gschemas.compiled</filename> that can be used
by #GSettings. The XML schema files must have the filename extension
-<filename>.gschema</filename>. For a detailed description of the XML
+<filename>.gschema.xml</filename>. For a detailed description of the XML
file format, see the #GSettings documentation.
</para>
+<para>
+At runtime, GSettings looks for schemas in the
+<filename>glib-2.0/schemas</filename> subdirectories of all directories
+specified in the <envar>XDG_DATA_DIRS</envar> environment variable. The
+usual location to install schema files is
+<filename>/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas</filename>.
+</para>
<refsect2><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
+<refsect1><title>See also</title>
+<para>
+<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>gsettings-schema-convert</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry> is a utility to convert GConf schemas into
+ GSettings schemas.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
</refentry>