diff --git a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
index 36bffa190..360ed8d30 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/datasets/lerobot_dataset.py
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ class LeRobotDataset(torch.utils.data.Dataset):
             repo_id (str): This is the repo id that will be used to fetch the dataset. Locally, the dataset
                 will be stored under root/repo_id.
             root (Path | None, optional): Local directory to use for downloading/writing files. You can also
-                set the LEROBOT_HOME environment variable to point to a different location. Defaults to
+                set the HF_LEROBOT_HOME environment variable to point to a different location. Defaults to
                 '~/.cache/huggingface/lerobot'.
             episodes (list[int] | None, optional): If specified, this will only load episodes specified by
                 their episode_index in this list. Defaults to None.