diff --git a/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst b/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst
--- a/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst
+++ b/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst
@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@
        doc/doc.man = destination_doc
        scripts/foo.sh = destination_scripts
 
-The final paths where files will be placed are composed by : **source** +
-**destination**. In the previous example, **doc/doc.man** will be placed in
+The final paths where files will be placed are composed by : **destination** +
+**source**. In the previous example, **doc/doc.man** will be placed in
 **destination_doc/doc/doc.man** and **scripts/foo.sh** will be placed in
 **destination_scripts/scripts/foo.sh**. (If you want more control on the final
 path, take a look at :ref:`setupcfg-resources-base-prefix`).
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 If you use categories in your declarations, and you are encouraged to do, final
 path will be::
 
-   source + destination_expanded
+   destination_expanded + source
 
 .. _example_final_path:
 
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
 
 When you use split source, the final path is computed this way::
 
-   destination + prefix
+   destination + suffix
 
 So for example, if you have this setup.cfg::