diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
index c752c0f58..2fa265284 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ fn main() {
         .long("accounts-hash-cache-path")
         .value_name("PATH")
         .takes_value(true)
-        .help("Use PATH as accounts hash cache location");
+        .help("Use PATH as accounts hash cache location [default: <LEDGER>/accounts_hash_cache]");
     let accounts_index_path_arg = Arg::with_name("accounts_index_path")
         .long("accounts-index-path")
         .value_name("PATH")
diff --git a/validator/src/cli.rs b/validator/src/cli.rs
index bdd0ac77a..1eef34535 100644
--- a/validator/src/cli.rs
+++ b/validator/src/cli.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn app<'a>(version: &'a str, default_args: &'a DefaultArgs) -> App<'a, 'a> {
                 .long("accounts-hash-cache-path")
                 .value_name("PATH")
                 .takes_value(true)
-                .help("Use PATH as accounts hash cache location"),
+                .help("Use PATH as accounts hash cache location [default: <LEDGER>/accounts_hash_cache]"),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("snapshots")