diff --git a/pki/icinga2-pkifuncs b/pki/icinga2-pkifuncs
index 9affdcb2e..661e05e4a 100644
--- a/pki/icinga2-pkifuncs
+++ b/pki/icinga2-pkifuncs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 function check_pki_dir {
 	if [ -z "$ICINGA_CA" ]; then
 		echo "Please set the ICINGA_CA environment variable to the path for your Icinga CA." >&2
-		echo "e.g.: export ICINGA_CA=\"/home/$(id -un)/icinga-ca\"" >&2
+		echo "e.g.: export ICINGA_CA=\"$HOME/icinga-ca\"" >&2
 		exit 1
 	fi