diff --git a/doc/source/guides/installation_guide.rst b/doc/source/guides/installation_guide.rst
index d44178110..92909d818 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/installation_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/installation_guide.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ Generate config::
 
     $ tox -egenconfig
 
-Configure Mistral as needed. The configuration file is located in ``/etc/mistral/mistral.conf``.
+Configure Mistral as needed. The configuration file is located in
+``etc/mistral.conf.sample``. You will need to modify the configuration options
+and then copy it into ``/etc/mistral/mistral.conf``.
 For details see :doc:`Mistral Configuration Guide </guides/configuration_guide>`
 
 **Virtualenv installation**::
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 29867caa3..87c5adcac 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:genconfig]
 commands =
     oslo-config-generator --config-file tools/config/config-generator.mistral.conf \
-    --output-file /etc/mistral/mistral.conf.sample
+    --output-file etc/mistral.conf.sample
 
 #set PYTHONHASHSEED=0 to prevent wsmeext.sphinxext from randomly failing.
 [testenv:venv]