diff --git a/doc.md b/doc.md
index 9049adda..fb8d4cdb 100644
--- a/doc.md
+++ b/doc.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ The following options can be used to customize the behavior of lf:
 	info              []string  (default '')
 	infotimefmtnew    string    (default 'Jan _2 15:04')
 	infotimefmtold    string    (default 'Jan _2  2006')
-    locale            string    (default '')
+	locale            string    (default '')
 	mouse             bool      (default false)
 	number            bool      (default false)
 	numberfmt         string    (default "\033[33m")
@@ -824,13 +824,11 @@ Format string of the file time shown in the info column when it matches this yea
 
 Format string of the file time shown in the info column when it doesn't match this year.
 
-## locale (string) (default `''`)
+## locale (string) (default ``)
 
-An IETF BCP 47 language tag (e.g. `zh-CN`) for specifying the locale used when using sort type
-`natural` and `name`.
+An IETF BCP 47 language tag (e.g. `zh-CN`) for specifying the locale used when using sort type `natural` and `name`.
 
-An empty string means disable locale ordering, and the special value `'*'` is used
-to indicate reading the locale setting from the system environment.
+An empty string means disable locale ordering, and the special value `*` is used to indicate reading the locale setting from the system environment.
 
 ## mouse (bool) (default false)
 
diff --git a/doc.txt b/doc.txt
index ddf2d4fe..b1d9396e 100644
--- a/doc.txt
+++ b/doc.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ The following options can be used to customize the behavior of lf:
     info              []string  (default '')
     infotimefmtnew    string    (default 'Jan _2 15:04')
     infotimefmtold    string    (default 'Jan _2  2006')
+    locale            string    (default '')
     mouse             bool      (default false)
     number            bool      (default false)
     numberfmt         string    (default "\033[33m")
@@ -878,6 +879,15 @@ infotimefmtold (string) (default Jan _2  2006)
 Format string of the file time shown in the info column when it doesn't
 match this year.
 
+locale (string) (default ``)
+
+An IETF BCP 47 language tag (e.g. zh-CN) for specifying the locale used
+when using sort type natural and name.
+
+An empty string means disable locale ordering, and the special value *
+is used to indicate reading the locale setting from the system
+environment.
+
 mouse (bool) (default false)
 
 Send mouse events as input.
@@ -1306,9 +1316,9 @@ string:
 
 Command setlocal is used to set a local option for a directory which can
 be a boolean or string. Currently supported local options are dirfirst,
-dironly, hidden, info, reverse, and sortby. Adding a trailing path
-separator (i.e. / for Unix and \ for Windows) sets the option for the
-given directory along with its subdirectories:
+dironly, hidden, info, reverse, sortby and locale. Adding a trailing
+path separator (i.e. / for Unix and \ for Windows) sets the option for
+the given directory along with its subdirectories:
 
     setlocal /foo/bar hidden         # boolean enable
     setlocal /foo/bar hidden true    # boolean enable
diff --git a/lf.1 b/lf.1
index 5f59db83..452b175d 100644
--- a/lf.1
+++ b/lf.1
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ incsearch         bool      (default false)
 info              []string  (default \[aq]\[aq])
 infotimefmtnew    string    (default \[aq]Jan _2 15:04\[aq])
 infotimefmtold    string    (default \[aq]Jan _2  2006\[aq])
+locale            string    (default \[aq]\[aq])
 mouse             bool      (default false)
 number            bool      (default false)
 numberfmt         string    (default \[dq]\[rs]033[33m\[dq])
@@ -895,6 +896,15 @@ this year.
 .PP
 Format string of the file time shown in the info column when it
 doesn\[aq]t match this year.
+.SS locale (string) (default \[ga]\[ga])
+.PP
+An IETF BCP 47 language tag (e.g.
+\f[C]zh-CN\f[R]) for specifying the locale used when using sort type
+\f[C]natural\f[R] and \f[C]name\f[R].
+.PP
+An empty string means disable locale ordering, and the special value
+\f[C]*\f[R] is used to indicate reading the locale setting from the
+system environment.
 .SS mouse (bool) (default false)
 .PP
 Send mouse events as input.
@@ -1316,7 +1326,7 @@ Command \f[C]setlocal\f[R] is used to set a local option for a directory
 which can be a boolean or string.
 Currently supported local options are \f[C]dirfirst\f[R],
 \f[C]dironly\f[R], \f[C]hidden\f[R], \f[C]info\f[R], \f[C]reverse\f[R],
-and \f[C]sortby\f[R].
+\f[C]sortby\f[R] and \f[C]locale\f[R].
 Adding a trailing path separator (i.e.
 \f[C]/\f[R] for Unix and \f[C]\[rs]\f[R] for Windows) sets the option
 for the given directory along with its subdirectories: