diff --git a/modules/misc/xdg-user-dirs.nix b/modules/misc/xdg-user-dirs.nix
index 9d29729a5..36f200eb9 100644
--- a/modules/misc/xdg-user-dirs.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/xdg-user-dirs.nix
@@ -34,49 +34,65 @@ in {
 
     desktop = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Desktop";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Desktop";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Desktop"'';
       description = "The Desktop directory.";
     };
 
     documents = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Documents";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Documents";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Documents"'';
       description = "The Documents directory.";
     };
 
     download = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Downloads";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Downloads";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Downloads"'';
       description = "The Downloads directory.";
     };
 
     music = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Music";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Music";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Music"'';
       description = "The Music directory.";
     };
 
     pictures = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Pictures";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Pictures";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Pictures"'';
       description = "The Pictures directory.";
     };
 
     publicShare = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Public";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Public";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Public"'';
       description = "The Public share directory.";
     };
 
     templates = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Templates";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Templates";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Templates"'';
       description = "The Templates directory.";
     };
 
     videos = mkOption {
       type = with types; coercedTo path toString str;
-      default = "$HOME/Videos";
+      default = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/Videos";
+      defaultText =
+        literalExpression ''"''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Videos"'';
       description = "The Videos directory.";
     };
 
@@ -86,7 +102,7 @@ in {
       defaultText = literalExpression "{ }";
       example = literalExpression ''
         {
-          XDG_MISC_DIR = "$HOME/Misc";
+          XDG_MISC_DIR = "''${config.home.homeDirectory}/Misc";
         }
       '';
       description = "Other user directories.";