diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/72315-fact-caching-relative-to-config.yml b/changelogs/fragments/72315-fact-caching-relative-to-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f8f23ca7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/72315-fact-caching-relative-to-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix jsonfile cache plugin option '_uri' to be a type path instead of a string. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/38002)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
index 7ee037292ea..a26828a401c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         ini:
           - key: fact_caching_connection
             section: defaults
+        type: path
       _prefix:
         description: User defined prefix to use when creating the JSON files
         env: