diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
index 7bbac66cb39..024eadf2a02 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ To get the directory from a path::
 
     {{ path | dirname }}
 
+To expand a path containing a tilde (`~`) character:
+
+    {{ path | expanduser }}
+
 To work with Base64 encoded strings::
 
     {{ encoded | b64decode }}