diff --git a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
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--- a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ launched manually from command line, it can be killed by pressing `Ctrl + C`.
 
 Gitea will search for a number of things from the _`CustomPath`_. By default this is
 the `custom/` directory in the current working directory when running Gitea. It will also
-look for its configuration file _`CustomConf`_ in _`CustomPath`_/conf/app.ini`, and will use the
+look for its configuration file _`CustomConf`_ in `$(CustomPath)/conf/app.ini`, and will use the
 current working directory as the relative base path _`AppWorkPath`_ for a number configurable
 values. Finally the static files will be served from _`StaticRootPath`_ which defaults to the _`AppWorkPath`_.