diff --git a/cmd/quadlet/main.go b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
index bdee9eebab..1c81a04f84 100644
--- a/cmd/quadlet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ func getUnitDirs(rootless bool) []string {
 			return nil
 		}
 		dirs = append(dirs, path.Join(configDir, "containers/systemd"))
-		dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"))
 		u, err := user.Current()
-		if err != nil {
+		if err == nil {
+			dirs = append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users", u.Uid))
+		} else {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Warning: %v", err)
-			return dirs
 		}
-		return append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users", u.Uid))
+		return append(dirs, filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"))
 	}
 	dirs = append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirAdmin)
 	return append(dirs, quadlet.UnitDirDistro)
diff --git a/cmd/quadlet/main_test.go b/cmd/quadlet/main_test.go
index 3ff1e960f1..709b252d17 100644
--- a/cmd/quadlet/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/quadlet/main_test.go
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func TestUnitDirs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	rootlessDirs := []string{
 		path.Join(configDir, "containers/systemd"),
-		filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"),
 		filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users", u.Uid),
+		filepath.Join(quadlet.UnitDirAdmin, "users"),
 	}
 
 	unitDirs = getUnitDirs(true)
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
index 22e773835f..945ae5d773 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ podman\-systemd.unit - systemd units using Podman Quadlet
 
 ### Podman user unit search path
 
- * /etc/containers/systemd/users/
+ * $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/systemd/ or ~/.config/containers/systemd/
  * /etc/containers/systemd/users/$(UID)
- * $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/containers/systemd/
- * ~/.config/containers/systemd/
+ * /etc/containers/systemd/users/
 
 ## DESCRIPTION