diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
index cb36b5cd6777a..723150f7a8fdd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/index.d.ts
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ export type I18nConfig = {
    */
   defaultLocale: string;
   /**
-   * Root folder where all locale folders are relative to. Can be absolute or
-   * relative to the config file.
+   * Root folder where all locale folders are located in. Can be absolute or
+   * relative to the site dir.
    */
   path: string;
   /** List of locales deployed on your site. Must contain `defaultLocale`. */
@@ -423,7 +423,8 @@ export type LoadContext = {
   outDir: string;
   /**
    * Directory where all source translations for the current locale can be found
-   * in. Constructed with `i18n.path` + `i18n.currentLocale.path` (e.g. i18n/en)
+   * in. Constructed with `i18n.path` + `i18n.currentLocale.path`
+   * (e.g. `<siteDir>/i18n/en`)
    */
   i18nDir: string;
   /**
diff --git a/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.md b/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.md
index 9910ddb5220a3..bb06fba9e3b26 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/docusaurus.config.js.md
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ Example:
 module.exports = {
   i18n: {
     defaultLocale: 'en',
+    path: 'i18n',
     locales: ['en', 'fa'],
     localeConfigs: {
       en: {
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ module.exports = {
 ```
 
 - `defaultLocale`: The locale that (1) does not have its name in the base URL (2) gets started with `docusaurus start` without `--locale` option (3) will be used for the `<link hrefLang="x-default">` tag
+- `path`: Root folder where all locale folders are located in. Can be absolute or relative to the site dir.
 - `locales`: List of locales deployed on your site. Must contain `defaultLocale`.
 - `localeConfigs`: Individual options for each locale.
   - `label`: The label displayed for this locale in the locales dropdown.