diff --git a/docs/streams/developer-guide/config-streams.html b/docs/streams/developer-guide/config-streams.html
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--- a/docs/streams/developer-guide/config-streams.html
+++ b/docs/streams/developer-guide/config-streams.html
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ <h4><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23">num.standby.replicas</a><a class="header
           <tr class="row-odd"><td>state.dir</td>
             <td>High</td>
             <td colspan="2">Directory location for state stores.</td>
-            <td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/tmp/kafka-streams</span></code></td>
+            <td><code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/${java.io.tmpdir}/kafka-streams</span></code></td>
           </tr>
           <tr class="row-odd"><td>task.timeout.ms</td>
             <td>Medium</td>