diff --git a/documentation/content/en/reference/cli/fn/source/_index.md b/documentation/content/en/reference/cli/fn/source/_index.md
index 4f933463b7..59909b4e13 100644
--- a/documentation/content/en/reference/cli/fn/source/_index.md
+++ b/documentation/content/en/reference/cli/fn/source/_index.md
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ $ kpt fn source DIR
 
 ```shell
 # read resources from DIR directory, execute my-fn on them and write the
-# output to DIR directory.
+# output to OTHER_DIR directory.
 $ kpt fn source DIR |
   kpt fn eval - --image ghcr.io/example.com/my-fn - |
-  kpt fn sink DIR
+  kpt fn sink OTHER_DIR
 ```
 
 <!--mdtogo-->
diff --git a/internal/docs/generated/fndocs/docs.go b/internal/docs/generated/fndocs/docs.go
index 0b2b24a16e..63f3770b99 100644
--- a/internal/docs/generated/fndocs/docs.go
+++ b/internal/docs/generated/fndocs/docs.go
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ var SourceExamples = `
   $ kpt fn source DIR
 
   # read resources from DIR directory, execute my-fn on them and write the
-  # output to DIR directory.
+  # output to OTHER_DIR directory.
   $ kpt fn source DIR |
     kpt fn eval - --image ghcr.io/example.com/my-fn - |
-    kpt fn sink DIR
+    kpt fn sink OTHER_DIR
 `