diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/External-Commands.md b/share/doc/homebrew/External-Commands.md
index 08526b4bc5..b5a21435e4 100644
--- a/share/doc/homebrew/External-Commands.md
+++ b/share/doc/homebrew/External-Commands.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ A shell script for an command named `extcmd` should be named `brew-extcmd`. This
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     <td>HOMEBREW_CACHE</td>
-		<td>Where Homebrew caches downloaded tarballs to, typically <code>/Library/Caches/Homebrew</code>. </td>
+		<td>Where Homebrew caches downloaded tarballs to, by default <code>~/Library/Caches/Homebrew</code>. </td>
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     <td>HOMEBREW_CELLAR</td>