diff --git a/website/source/docs/other/environment-variables.html.md b/website/source/docs/other/environment-variables.html.md index 8a854781c..8d042e78f 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/other/environment-variables.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/other/environment-variables.html.md @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ each can be found below: - `PACKER_TMP_DIR` - The directory used for temporary files during marshalling. If unset, resolves to (unix: `$HOME/.packer.d`, windows: `%USERPROFILE%/packer.d`) - or finally appending 'packer' to the value of os.TempDir() typically - (unix: `/tmp`, windows: `%TEMP%` or `%LOCALAPPDATA%`). + or finally appending 'packer' to the value of [os.TempDir()](https://golang.org/pkg/os/#TempDir) + typically (unix: `/tmp`, windows: `%TEMP%` or `%LOCALAPPDATA%`). This is not to be confused with the provision target's temporary directory which - is often hard-coded as `/tmp` or `%SYSTEMROOT%/Temp` per Provisioner module or + is often hard-coded as `/tmp` or `%SYSTEMROOT%/Temp` in Provisioner modules or user-supplied template.