diff --git a/mflag/flag.go b/mflag/flag.go
index 94cb5b7..cbdd5ea 100644
--- a/mflag/flag.go
+++ b/mflag/flag.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -503,6 +504,10 @@ func Set(name, value string) error {
 // otherwise, the default values of all defined flags in the set.
 func (f *FlagSet) PrintDefaults() {
 	writer := tabwriter.NewWriter(f.Out(), 20, 1, 3, ' ', 0)
+	var home string
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		home = os.Getenv("HOME")
+	}
 	f.VisitAll(func(flag *Flag) {
 		format := "  -%s=%s"
 		if _, ok := flag.Value.(*stringValue); ok {
@@ -516,7 +521,13 @@ func (f *FlagSet) PrintDefaults() {
 			}
 		}
 		if len(names) > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(writer, format, strings.Join(names, ", -"), flag.DefValue)
+			val := flag.DefValue
+
+			if home != "" && strings.HasPrefix(val, home) {
+				val = "~" + val[len(home):]
+			}
+
+			fmt.Fprintf(writer, format, strings.Join(names, ", -"), val)
 			for i, line := range strings.Split(flag.Usage, "\n") {
 				if i != 0 {
 					line = "  " + line