order of precedence for loading configuration?

[OpenMacNews]

after running:

        sa-update --channel updates.spamassassin.org
and, reading:

        % man spamassassin
      Default configuration data is loaded from the first existing 
directory
           in:
           /usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007
           /var/MailServer/Conf/SA/Dist
           /usr/local/spamassassin/share/spamassassin
           /usr/local/share/spamassassin
           /usr/share/spamassassin

checking in:

        % ls /usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007
                updates_spamassassin_org/
                updates_spamassassin_org.pre
                updates_spamassassin_org.cf

and, verifying:

	% cat 
/usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org.cf
                # UPDATE version 431276
                include updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf
                ...

	% ls -al 
/usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf
		-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5500 Oct 21 12:05 
/usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org/10_misc.cf

        % ls -al /var/MailServer/Conf/SA/Dist/10_misc.cf
		-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5686 Oct 19 10:46 
/var/MailServer/Conf/SA/Dist/10_misc.cf

a successful --lint, reports:

        ...
        [25198] dbg: config: read file /var/MailServer/Conf/SA/Dist/10_misc.cf
        ...

BUT, per the man page, should not the 10_misc.cf be loaded 
first/preferentially from 
/usr/local/spamassassin/var/spamassassin/3.001007?

thanks