diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
index 3ed0c38d1f62..99655c5005c6 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/locate.rc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #SEARCHPATHS="/"
 
 # paths unwanted in output
-#PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /var/db/portsnap"
+#PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /var/db/portsnap /var/db/freebsd-update"
 
 # directories unwanted in output
 #PRUNEDIRS=".zfs"
diff --git a/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh b/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
index 37c42e33bba4..97f096d208ee 100644
--- a/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/locate/locate/updatedb.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ PATH=$LIBEXECDIR:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH; export PATH
 : ${mklocatedb:=locate.mklocatedb}	 # make locate database program
 : ${FCODES:=/var/db/locate.database}	 # the database
 : ${SEARCHPATHS="/"}		# directories to be put in the database
-: ${PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /var/db/portsnap"} # unwanted directories
+: ${PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp /var/db/portsnap /var/db/freebsd-update"} # unwanted directories
 : ${PRUNEDIRS=".zfs"}	# unwanted directories, in any parent
 : ${FILESYSTEMS="$(lsvfs | tail -n +3 | \
 	egrep -vw "loopback|network|synthetic|read-only|0" | \