diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/doc_split.yml b/changelogs/fragments/doc_split.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..578f495faad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/doc_split.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - config, default site for ansible-core is now under /ansbile-core/.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index e6d57a6bb1e..121f1b173fd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS:
   type: boolean
 DOCSITE_ROOT_URL:
   name: Root docsite URL
-  default: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/
+  default: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/
   description: Root docsite URL used to generate docs URLs in warning/error text;
                must be an absolute URL with valid scheme and trailing slash.
   ini: