diff --git a/doc/org-roam.org b/doc/org-roam.org
index a5566a7..05ad00b 100644
--- a/doc/org-roam.org
+++ b/doc/org-roam.org
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ variable using directory-local variables. This is what ~.dir-locals.el~ may
 contain:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  ((nil . ((org-roam-directory . "/path/to/alt/org-roam/dir/org-roam-dir")
+  ((nil . ((org-roam-directory . "/path/to/alt/org-roam-dir")
            (org-roam-db-location . "/path/to/alt/org-roam-dir/org-roam.db"))))
 #+END_SRC
 
diff --git a/doc/org-roam.texi b/doc/org-roam.texi
index 8038226..0080e38 100644
--- a/doc/org-roam.texi
+++ b/doc/org-roam.texi
@@ -1935,7 +1935,7 @@ variable using directory-local variables. This is what @code{.dir-locals.el} may
 contain:
 
 @lisp
-((nil . ((org-roam-directory . "/path/to/alt/org-roam/dir/org-roam-dir")
+((nil . ((org-roam-directory . "/path/to/alt/org-roam-dir")
          (org-roam-db-location . "/path/to/alt/org-roam-dir/org-roam.db"))))
 @end lisp