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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ sub centre of the generated BUFR files and the system search path used to find B
 - ``BUFR_TABLE_VERSION``: Default BUFR table version number to use if not specified in mapping template, defaults to 41.
 - ``CSV2BUFR_MISSING_VALUE``: Value used to indicate missing value in csv input file if not in ("NA", "NaN", "NAN", "None", "", None).
 - ``CSV2BUFR_NULLIFY_INVALID``: True|False. If True invalid values are set to missing (with warning), otherwise error raised. Defaults to True if not set.
-- ``CSV2BUFR_TEMPLATES``: Path to search for BUFR templates, defaults to /opt/csv2bufr/templates.
+- ``CSV2BUFR_TEMPLATES``: Path to search for BUFR templates, defaults to current directory ("./"). Paths are searched in order of ``CSV2BUFR_TEMPLATES`` and then ``/opt/csv2bufr/temapltes`` (if exists).
 
 Note: the ``BUFR_ORIGINATING_CENTRE`` and ``BUFR_ORIGINATING_SUBCENTRE`` are only used if missing from the
 specified :ref:`mapping file <mapping>`.
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