diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/config.schema.json b/crates/tauri-cli/config.schema.json
index c388e12b1fb8..43da298c0c37 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/config.schema.json
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/config.schema.json
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "useLocalToolsDir": {
-          "description": "Whether to use the project's `target` directory, for caching build tools (e.g., Wix and NSIS) when building this application. Defaults to `false`.\n\n If true, tools will be cached in `target\\.tauri-tools`.\n If false, tools will be cached in the current user's platform-specific cache directory.\n\n An example where it can be appropriate to set this to `true` is when building this application as a Windows System user (e.g., AWS EC2 workloads),\n because the Window system's app data directory is restricted.",
+          "description": "Whether to use the project's `target` directory, for caching build tools (e.g., Wix and NSIS) when building this application. Defaults to `false`.\n\n If true, tools will be cached in `target/.tauri/`.\n If false, tools will be cached in the current user's platform-specific cache directory.\n\n An example where it can be appropriate to set this to `true` is when building this application as a Windows System user (e.g., AWS EC2 workloads),\n because the Window system's app data directory is restricted.",
           "default": false,
           "type": "boolean"
         },
diff --git a/crates/tauri-schema-generator/schemas/config.schema.json b/crates/tauri-schema-generator/schemas/config.schema.json
index c388e12b1fb8..43da298c0c37 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-schema-generator/schemas/config.schema.json
+++ b/crates/tauri-schema-generator/schemas/config.schema.json
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "useLocalToolsDir": {
-          "description": "Whether to use the project's `target` directory, for caching build tools (e.g., Wix and NSIS) when building this application. Defaults to `false`.\n\n If true, tools will be cached in `target\\.tauri-tools`.\n If false, tools will be cached in the current user's platform-specific cache directory.\n\n An example where it can be appropriate to set this to `true` is when building this application as a Windows System user (e.g., AWS EC2 workloads),\n because the Window system's app data directory is restricted.",
+          "description": "Whether to use the project's `target` directory, for caching build tools (e.g., Wix and NSIS) when building this application. Defaults to `false`.\n\n If true, tools will be cached in `target/.tauri/`.\n If false, tools will be cached in the current user's platform-specific cache directory.\n\n An example where it can be appropriate to set this to `true` is when building this application as a Windows System user (e.g., AWS EC2 workloads),\n because the Window system's app data directory is restricted.",
           "default": false,
           "type": "boolean"
         },
diff --git a/crates/tauri-utils/src/config.rs b/crates/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
index 3877fefeb305..3df74ce9c80a 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ pub struct BundleConfig {
   pub long_description: Option<String>,
   /// Whether to use the project's `target` directory, for caching build tools (e.g., Wix and NSIS) when building this application. Defaults to `false`.
   ///
-  /// If true, tools will be cached in `target\.tauri-tools`.
+  /// If true, tools will be cached in `target/.tauri/`.
   /// If false, tools will be cached in the current user's platform-specific cache directory.
   ///
   /// An example where it can be appropriate to set this to `true` is when building this application as a Windows System user (e.g., AWS EC2 workloads),