diff --git a/composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md b/composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
index 4793b1aff64..0d37c5db68b 100644
--- a/composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
+++ b/composer/Plugin/Scaffold/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ This makes it possible to configure a project with different file layouts; for
 example, either the `drupal/drupal` file layout or the
 `drupal-composer/drupal-project` file layout could be used to set up a project.
 
-If a web-root is not explicitly defined, then it will default to `./`.
+If a web-root is not explicitly defined, then it will default to `.`, the same
+directory as the composer.json file.
 
 ### Altering Scaffold Files