diff --git a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
index 01feab345..33951fddd 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
+++ b/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The output has the following format:
                     /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
                        not present if not a path dependency.
                     */
-                    "path": "path/to/dep",
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
index 4b2dc49d8..8db6cc03a 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
+++ b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ OUTPUT FORMAT
                                /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
                                   not present if not a path dependency.
                                */
-                               "path": "path/to/dep",
+                               "path": "/path/to/dep",
                                /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                                   If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                                   registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
index fe780cc36..5aa7d2f63 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
+++ b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The output has the following format:
                     /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
                        not present if not a path dependency.
                     */
-                    "path": "path/to/dep",
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1 b/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
index 0016b578e..7a8809b49 100644
--- a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
+++ b/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ The output has the following format:
                     /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
                        not present if not a path dependency.
                     */
-                    "path": "path/to/dep",
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
index 25d91c3df..02d5590b8 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ fn deps_with_bin_only() {
                       "rename": null,
                       "optional": false,
                       "uses_default_features": true,
-                      "manifest_path": "[..]/bdep/Cargo.toml",
+                      "manifest_path": "[..]/bdep",
                       "features": [],
                       "target": null,
                       "registry": null