diff --git a/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml b/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
index 45a878aa39..204e33492f 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/src/conf/settings.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ under the License.
   <!-- localRepository
    | The path to the local repository maven will use to store artifacts.
    |
-   | Default: ~/.m2/repository
+   | Default: ${user.home}/.m2/repository
   <localRepository>/path/to/local/repo</localRepository>
   -->