Merge pull request #15837 from kubernetes-lab/max-patch-1

docs: clarify the current setting logic of MINIKUBE_HOME
kubernetes · Feb 13, 2023 · 89dbf51 · 89dbf51
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@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ For example the `minikube start --iso-url="$ISO_URL"` flag can also be set by se
 
 Some features can only be accessed by minikube specific environment variables, here is a list of these features:
 
-* **MINIKUBE_HOME** - (string) sets the path for the .minikube directory that minikube uses for state/configuration. *Please note: this is used only by minikube and does not affect anything related to Kubernetes tools such as kubectl.*
+* **MINIKUBE_HOME** - (string) sets the path for the .minikube directory that minikube uses for state/configuration. If you specify it to `/path/to/somewhere` and `somewhere` is not equal to `.minikube`, the final MINIKUBE_HOME will be `/path/to/somewhere/.minikube`. Defaults to `~/.minikube` if unspecified. *Please note: this is used only by minikube and does not affect anything related to Kubernetes tools such as kubectl.*
 
 * **MINIKUBE_IN_STYLE** - (bool) manually sets whether or not emoji and colors should appear in minikube. Set to false or 0 to disable this feature, true or 1 to force it to be turned on.