diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
index ca0cfaf..5faaf96 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@
    # bound to the Esc key by default (you can change it - see readline docs).
    #
    # Store the file in ~/.pystartup, and set an environment variable to point
-   # to it:  "export PYTHONSTARTUP=/home/user/.pystartup" in bash.
-   #
-   # Note that PYTHONSTARTUP does *not* expand "~", so you have to put in the
-   # full path to your home directory.
+   # to it:  "export PYTHONSTARTUP=~/.pystartup" in bash.
 
    import atexit
    import os