diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/starlark/StarlarkBaseExternalContext.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/starlark/StarlarkBaseExternalContext.java
index c250dfe966049c..ec0c2e76548fc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/starlark/StarlarkBaseExternalContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/repository/starlark/StarlarkBaseExternalContext.java
@@ -1725,7 +1725,8 @@ private static String profileArgsDesc(String method, List<String> args) {
             named = true,
             doc =
                 "Working directory for command execution.\n"
-                    + "Can be relative to the repository root or absolute."),
+                    + "Can be relative to the repository root or absolute.\n"
+                    + "The default is the repository root."),
       })
   public StarlarkExecutionResult execute(
       Sequence<?> arguments, // <String> or <StarlarkPath> or <Label> expected