diff --git a/man/nvim.1 b/man/nvim.1
index 2fa3ab8ff5..70bf480f2b 100644
--- a/man/nvim.1
+++ b/man/nvim.1
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Like
 but used to store data not generally edited by the user,
 namely swap, backup, and ShaDa files.
 Defaults to
-.Pa ~/.local/share/nvim
+.Pa ~/.local/share
 if not set.
 .It Ev VIMINIT
 A string of Ex commands to be executed at startup.