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 ### Persistence
 Smex keeps a file to save its state betweens Emacs sessions. The
-default path is "~/.smex-items"; you can change it by setting the
-variable `smex-save-file`.
+default path is `~/.emacs.d/smex-items`; you can change it by setting
+the variable `smex-save-file`.
 
 ### History
 Set `smex-history-length` to change the number of recent commands that