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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ You can find more chat transcripts on the [examples page](https://aider.chat/exa
   * As an environment variable:
     * `export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...` on Linux or Mac
     * `setx OPENAI_API_KEY sk-...` in Windows PowerShell
-  * Or include `openai-api-key: sk-...` in an `.aider.config.yml` file in your current directory or at the root of your git repo, alongside the `.git` dir.
+  * Or include `openai-api-key: sk-...` in an `.aider.config.yml` file in your home directory or at the root of your git repo, alongside the `.git` dir.
 
 3. Optionally, install [universal ctags](https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags). This is helpful if you plan to use aider and GPT-4 with repositories that have more than a handful of files.  This allows aider to build a [map of your entire git repo](https://aider.chat/docs/ctags.html) and share it with GPT to help it better understand and modify large codebases.
   * The `ctags` command needs to be on your shell path so that it will run by default when aider invokes `ctags ...`.