diff --git a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
index 9b89cb92594ea6..76918e886e45b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tempfile.rst
@@ -348,8 +348,9 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
 
    #. A platform-specific location:
 
-      * On Windows, the directories :file:`C:\\TEMP`, :file:`C:\\TMP`,
-        :file:`\\TEMP`, and :file:`\\TMP`, in that order.
+      * On Windows, the directories :file:`{USERPROFILE}\\AppData\\Local\\Temp`,
+        :file:`{SYSTEMROOT}\\Temp`, :file:`c:\\temp`, :file:`c:\\tmp`,
+        :file:`\\temp`, and :file:`\\tmp`, in that order.
 
       * On all other platforms, the directories :file:`/tmp`, :file:`/var/tmp`, and
         :file:`/usr/tmp`, in that order.