diff --git a/salt/renderers/gpg.py b/salt/renderers/gpg.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/renderers/gpg.py
+++ b/salt/renderers/gpg.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ To generate a cipher from a secret:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   $ echo -n "supersecret" | gpg --homedir --armor --encrypt -r <KEY-name>
+   $ echo -n "supersecret" | gpg --homedir ~/.gnupg --armor --encrypt -r <KEY-name>
 
 Set up the renderer on your master by adding something like this line to your
 config:
Added the default directory that gpg imports to