diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 429af30..195947b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ console.log('-- saveDir: ' + saveDir);
 ```console
 Read from :~/fileA
 No such file or directory: /home/user/fileA
+Input valid path, please.
 Read from :pwd
 /path/to/work
 Read from :cd ~/project-1
diff --git a/lib/readline-sync.js b/lib/readline-sync.js
index 4e1de64..6604c2d 100644
--- a/lib/readline-sync.js
+++ b/lib/readline-sync.js
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ exports.questionPath = function(query, options) {
       keepWhitespace:     false,
       limit: function(value) {
           var exists, stat, res;
-          value = replaceHomePath(value);
+          value = replaceHomePath(value, true);
           // mkdir -p
           function mkdirParents(dirPath) {
             dirPath.split(/\/|\\/).reduce(function(parents, dir) {