diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8143066..a49d32c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Add `git_coauthors` to your nvim-cmp sources for the gitcommit filetype.
 2. Type `@` to trigger handle completion
 3. Select a handle to insert the full `Name <email>`
 
-Handles are loaded from a JSON file at `vim.fn.stdpath('data') .. '/git-coauthors/handles.json'`:
+Handles are loaded from a JSON file at `~/.local/share/nvim/git-coauthors/handles.json`:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ require('git-coauthors').setup({
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 | --- | --- | --- |
-| `handles_path` | `stdpath('data') .. '/git-coauthors/handles.json'` | Path to the JSON handles file |
+| `handles_path` | `~/.local/share/nvim/git-coauthors/handles.json` | Path to the JSON handles file |
 | `handles` | `nil` | Inline handles (merged over file, inline wins on duplicates) |
 
 ## Snippet
diff --git a/doc/git-coauthors.nvim.txt b/doc/git-coauthors.nvim.txt
index 5b4b95a..41ee062 100644
--- a/doc/git-coauthors.nvim.txt
+++ b/doc/git-coauthors.nvim.txt
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ USAGE                            *git-coauthors.nvim-git-coauthors.nvim-usage*
 2. Type `@` to trigger handle completion
 3. Select a handle to insert the full `Name <email>`
 
-Handles are loaded from a JSON file at `vim.fn.stdpath('data') ..
-'/git-coauthors/handles.json'`:
+Handles are loaded from a JSON file at
+`~/.local/share/nvim/git-coauthors/handles.json`:
 
 >json
     {
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ Pass options via blink.cmp’s provider `opts` or
     })
 <
 
-  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Option                  Default                                            Description
-  ----------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
-  handles_path            stdpath('data') .. '/git-coauthors/handles.json'   Path to the JSON
-                                                                             handles file
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Option                  Default                                          Description
+  ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------ -----------------------
+  handles_path            ~/.local/share/nvim/git-coauthors/handles.json   Path to the JSON
+                                                                           handles file
 
-  handles                 nil                                                Inline handles (merged
-                                                                             over file, inline wins
-                                                                             on duplicates)
-  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  handles                 nil                                              Inline handles (merged
+                                                                           over file, inline wins
+                                                                           on duplicates)
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 SNIPPET                        *git-coauthors.nvim-git-coauthors.nvim-snippet*