diff --git a/man/man7/fccanalysis-file.7 b/man/man7/fccanalysis-file.7
index ff3d681d0e..8fdd23038a 100644
--- a/man/man7/fccanalysis-file.7
+++ b/man/man7/fccanalysis-file.7
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ The analysis RDataFrame can be split into several chunks\&.
 .br
 Default value: 1
 .RE
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBoutputDir\fR
+.RS 4
+User can specify the directory for the output files. The output directory can be
+overwriten by specifiing absolute path with `\-\-output` commandline argument\&.
+.RE
 .PP
 This section is under construction. You are invited to help :)
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/python/FCCAnalysisRun.py b/python/FCCAnalysisRun.py
index 65bcfe898f..c3bebc06de 100644
--- a/python/FCCAnalysisRun.py
+++ b/python/FCCAnalysisRun.py
@@ -371,18 +371,23 @@ def runLocal(rdfModule, infile_list, args):
     else:
         print(f'----> Info: Number of local events: {nevents_local}')
 
-    outfilepath = getElement(rdfModule, "outputDir")
+    output_dir = getElement(rdfModule, "outputDir")
     if not args.batch:
-        outfilepath += '/' + args.output
+        print(os.path.isabs(args.output))
+        if os.path.isabs(args.output):
+            print('----> Warning: Provided output path is absolute, "outputDir" from analysis script will be ignored!')
+        outfile_path = os.path.join(output_dir, args.output)
     else:
-        outfilepath = args.output
+        outfile_path = args.output
+    print('----> Info: Output file path:')
+    print('            ' + outfile_path)
 
     #Run RDF
     start_time = time.time()
-    outn = runRDF(rdfModule, file_list, outfilepath, nevents_local, args)
+    outn = runRDF(rdfModule, file_list, outfile_path, nevents_local, args)
     outn = outn.GetValue()
 
-    outfile = ROOT.TFile(outfilepath, 'update')
+    outfile = ROOT.TFile(outfile_path, 'update')
     param = ROOT.TParameter(int)('eventsProcessed',
                                  nevents_orig if nevents_orig != 0 else nevents_local)
     param.Write()
diff --git a/python/Parsers.py b/python/Parsers.py
index d2fc12d8cd..697866df66 100644
--- a/python/Parsers.py
+++ b/python/Parsers.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def setup_build_parser(parser):
     publicOptions.add_argument('-j','--build-threads',
                                type=int,
                                default=1,
-                               help='bumber of threads when building (equivalent to `make -j`)')
+                               help='number of threads when building (equivalent to `make -j`)')
 
 def setup_pin_parser(parser):
     publicOptions = parser.add_argument_group('User pin options')