diff --git a/doc/org-roam.org b/doc/org-roam.org
index bf12771..6b94b55 100644
--- a/doc/org-roam.org
+++ b/doc/org-roam.org
@@ -1622,8 +1622,8 @@ variable using directory-local variables. This is what ~.dir-locals.el~ may
 contain:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-    ((nil . ((org-roam-directory . ".")
-             (org-roam-db-location . "./org-roam.db"))))
+  ((nil . ((org-roam-directory . (expand-file-name "."))
+           (org-roam-db-location . (expand-file-name "./org-roam.db")))))
 #+END_SRC
 
 All files within that directory will be treated as their own separate set of
diff --git a/doc/org-roam.texi b/doc/org-roam.texi
index 2bf82ad..3dbfaee 100644
--- a/doc/org-roam.texi
+++ b/doc/org-roam.texi
@@ -2126,8 +2126,8 @@ variable using directory-local variables. This is what @code{.dir-locals.el} may
 contain:
 
 @lisp
-((nil . ((org-roam-directory . ".")
-         (org-roam-db-location . "./org-roam.db"))))
+((nil . ((org-roam-directory . (expand-file-name "."))
+         (org-roam-db-location . (expand-file-name "./org-roam.db")))))
 @end lisp
 
 All files within that directory will be treated as their own separate set of