From 1d3fd25cf2b9557a76622fca0e700fe72d0dece0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Wiedler <igor@wiedler.ch>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:54:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [docs] Improve description of COMPOSER_HOME

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 doc/03-cli.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/03-cli.md b/doc/03-cli.md
index ecded9528..8cceb71f6 100644
--- a/doc/03-cli.md
+++ b/doc/03-cli.md
@@ -213,11 +213,12 @@ Alternatively you can also define the git proxy using
 ### COMPOSER_HOME
 
 The `COMPOSER_HOME` var allows you to change the composer home directory. This
-is a global (per-user on the machine) hidden directory that caches repository
-data.
+is a hidden, global (per-user on the machine) directory that is shared between
+all projects.
 
-By default it points to `$HOME/.composer` on *nix and `$APPDATA/Composer` on
-Windows.
+By default it points to `/home/<user>/.composer` on *nix,
+`/Users/<user>/.composer` on OSX and
+`C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Composer` on Windows.
 
 ### COMPOSER_PROCESS_TIMEOUT