diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-readme.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-readme.rb
index c6c5b262fb..be058ebf5d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-readme.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/tap-readme.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Homebrew
     EOS
 
     puts template if ARGV.verbose?
-    path = Pathname.new("./README.md")
+    path = HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/"Taps/homebrew/homebrew-#{name}/README.md"
     raise "#{path} already exists" if path.exist?
     path.write template
   end