diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index f2000f6ffa..6023a51716 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ sections:
       For example, with `-L$HOME/.jq` a module `foo` can be found in
       `$HOME/.jq/foo.jq` and `$HOME/.jq/foo/foo.jq`.
 
-      If `$HOME/.jq` is a file, it is sourced into the main program.
+      If `~/.jq` is a file, it is sourced into the main program.
 
     entries:
       - title: "`import RelativePathString as NAME [<metadata>];`"
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index efa5aa2f34..a5447e83ff 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -4084,7 +4084,7 @@ Consecutive components with the same name are not allowed to avoid ambiguities (
 For example, with \fB\-L$HOME/\.jq\fR a module \fBfoo\fR can be found in \fB$HOME/\.jq/foo\.jq\fR and \fB$HOME/\.jq/foo/foo\.jq\fR\.
 .
 .P
-If \fB$HOME/\.jq\fR is a file, it is sourced into the main program\.
+If \fB~/\.jq\fR is a file, it is sourced into the main program\.
 .
 .SS "import RelativePathString as NAME [<metadata>];"
 Imports a module found at the given path relative to a directory in a search path\. A \fB\.jq\fR suffix will be added to the relative path string\. The module\'s symbols are prefixed with \fBNAME::\fR\.
diff --git a/src/linker.c b/src/linker.c
index e7d1024c1d..2439babc92 100644
--- a/src/linker.c
+++ b/src/linker.c
@@ -420,13 +420,13 @@ int load_program(jq_state *jq, struct locfile* src, block *out_block) {
     return 1;
   }
 
-  char* home = getenv("HOME");
-  if (home) {    // silently ignore no $HOME
-    /* Import ~/.jq as a library named "" found in $HOME */
+  jv home = get_home();
+  if (jv_is_valid(home)) {    // silently ignore if home dir not determined
+    /* Import ~/.jq as a library named "" found in $HOME or %USERPROFILE% */
     block import = gen_import_meta(gen_import("", NULL, 0),
         gen_const(JV_OBJECT(
             jv_string("optional"), jv_true(),
-            jv_string("search"), jv_string(home))));
+            jv_string("search"), home)));
     program = BLOCK(import, program);
   }