diff --git a/en/clice/changelog/feature-changelog.md b/en/clice/changelog/feature-changelog.md
index 8c60e4e..3c398b8 100644
--- a/en/clice/changelog/feature-changelog.md
+++ b/en/clice/changelog/feature-changelog.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ v1.0 ships first as rolling beta releases (`v1.0.0-beta.1`, `beta.2`, …) for a
 - **Out-of-band change tracking.** A stat-polling file tracker picks up changes made outside the editor — a regenerated `compile_commands.json`, a `git checkout`, code generators — without restarting the server.
 - **C++20 named modules.** Module interfaces are compiled on demand through a pull-based dependency graph with PCM caching; `import` completion and go-to-definition on module names included.
 - **Unified on-disk cache.** PCH, PCM, and index artifacts live in one content-addressed store with crash-safe writes, shared across sessions and restarts; the rebuildable artifacts (PCH/PCM) are evicted under a size bound.
-- **Configuration.** `clice.toml` (or `.clice/config.toml`) plus LSP `initializationOptions` overlay; per-file `[[rules]]` with glob patterns to append/remove compile flags; `[tracker]` polling intervals; XDG-based cache paths with `${workspace}` substitution. Malformed configuration is reported with line/column as diagnostics on the config file.
+- **Configuration.** `clice.toml` (or `.clice/config.toml`) plus LSP `initializationOptions` overlay; per-file `[[rules]]` with glob patterns to append/remove compile flags; `[tracker]` polling intervals; configurable cache/log paths with `${workspace}` substitution (default: a self-ignoring `.clice` directory in the workspace). Malformed configuration is reported with line/column as diagnostics on the config file.
 - **Tooling API.** A JSON-RPC API over TCP for AI agents and external tools: project files, symbol search, reading full symbol bodies, definitions/references, call graph, and type hierarchy — plus the `clice query` CLI.
 - **Editor extensions.** In-repo extensions for VS Code (published on the Marketplace), Neovim, and Zed.
 - **Operability.** Per-session file logging with crash capture, user-facing guidance via `window/logMessage` when the setup is broken (e.g. no compilation database), LSP session recording for replay (`--record`), and an accurate `--version` that matches the release tag.
diff --git a/en/clice/guide/configuration.md b/en/clice/guide/configuration.md
index 20ee518..36093de 100644
--- a/en/clice/guide/configuration.md
+++ b/en/clice/guide/configuration.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The following variable is supported in string values:
 | -------- | ------- |
 | `string` | `""`    |
 
-Directory for the unified on-disk cache (PCH, PCM and index artifacts). Empty derives it from XDG_CACHE_HOME (or `~/.cache`) with a per-workspace subdirectory named after the workspace plus a short hash, falling back to `${workspace}/.clice`; the resolved path is printed at startup.
+Directory for the unified on-disk cache (PCH, PCM and index artifacts). Empty defaults to `${workspace}/.clice`, which keeps itself out of version control and backups via generated .gitignore and CACHEDIR.TAG markers (a `.clice/config.toml` stays visible to Git; backup tools honoring CACHEDIR.TAG skip the whole directory); an explicitly configured directory is never marked. The resolved path is printed at startup.
 
 ### `project.logging_dir`