diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index eb442ef00..ca5ce47f5 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: tinytex
 Type: Package
 Title: Helper Functions to Install and Maintain 'TeX Live', and Compile 'LaTeX' Documents
-Version: 0.5.2
+Version: 0.5.3
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Yihui", "Xie", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"), email = "xie@yihui.name", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0645-5666")),
   person(family = "RStudio, Inc.", role = "cph"),
diff --git a/R/install.R b/R/install.R
index 4b096f2e8..04bc50a4e 100644
--- a/R/install.R
+++ b/R/install.R
@@ -187,15 +187,15 @@ uninstall_tinytex = function(force = FALSE, dir = texlive_root()) {
 }
 
 #' @param packages Whether to reinstall all currently installed packages.
-#' @param ... Arguments to be passed to \code{install_tinytex()} (note that the
-#'   \code{extra_packages} argument will be set to \code{tl_pkgs()} if
+#' @param ... Other arguments to be passed to \code{install_tinytex()} (note
+#'   that the \code{extra_packages} argument will be set to \code{tl_pkgs()} if
 #'   \code{packages = TRUE}).
 #' @rdname install_tinytex
 #' @export
-reinstall_tinytex = function(packages = TRUE, ...) {
+reinstall_tinytex = function(packages = TRUE, dir = texlive_root(), ...) {
   pkgs = if (packages) tl_pkgs()
   uninstall_tinytex()
-  install_tinytex(extra_packages = pkgs, ...)
+  install_tinytex(extra_packages = pkgs, dir = dir, ...)
 }
 
 win_app_dir = function(...) {
diff --git a/man/install_tinytex.Rd b/man/install_tinytex.Rd
index 6bf4a6d05..68cef0b6b 100644
--- a/man/install_tinytex.Rd
+++ b/man/install_tinytex.Rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ install_tinytex(force = FALSE, dir = "auto", repository = "ctan", extra_packages
 
 uninstall_tinytex(force = FALSE, dir = texlive_root())
 
-reinstall_tinytex(packages = TRUE, ...)
+reinstall_tinytex(packages = TRUE, dir = texlive_root(), ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{force}{Whether to force to install (override) or uninstall TinyTeX.}
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ installed.}
 
 \item{packages}{Whether to reinstall all currently installed packages.}
 
-\item{...}{Arguments to be passed to \code{install_tinytex()} (note that the
-\code{extra_packages} argument will be set to \code{tl_pkgs()} if
+\item{...}{Other arguments to be passed to \code{install_tinytex()} (note
+that the \code{extra_packages} argument will be set to \code{tl_pkgs()} if
 \code{packages = TRUE}).}
 }
 \description{