diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index dc05c15544a..2dba7ad8ec9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ COLLECTIONS_PATHS:
     Collections must be in nested *subdirectories*, not directly in these directories.
     For example, if ``COLLECTIONS_PATHS`` includes ``'{{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/collections" }}'``,
     and you want to add ``my.collection`` to that directory, it must be saved as
-    ``'{{ ANSIBLE_HOME} ~ "/collections/ansible_collections/my/collection" }}'``.
+    ``'{{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/collections/ansible_collections/my/collection" }}'``.
   default: '{{ ANSIBLE_HOME ~ "/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections" }}'
   type: pathspec
   env: