diff --git a/docs/src/cli/init-config.md b/docs/src/cli/init-config.md
index 96cb96a7..77aacd66 100644
--- a/docs/src/cli/init-config.md
+++ b/docs/src/cli/init-config.md
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ on your filesystem. You can control this using the `"parser-directories"` key in
 {
   "parser-directories": [
     "/Users/my-name/code",
-    "/Users/my-name/other-code"
+    "~/other-code",
+    "$HOME/another-code"
   ]
 }
 ```