diff --git a/docs/manual/usage/modular-services.md b/docs/manual/usage/modular-services.md
index eb0d53d66..102ca5205 100644
--- a/docs/manual/usage/modular-services.md
+++ b/docs/manual/usage/modular-services.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ after the service itself); [`process.argv`] becomes the default
 ## Configuration data {#sec-usage-modular-services-configdata}
 
 Each service can declare configuration files via `configData.<name>`.
-These are materialized at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/system-services/<service>/<name>`
+These are materialized at `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/home-services/<service>/<name>`
 (mirroring how NixOS lifts `configData` to `environment.etc`), with the
 absolute path injected back into `configData.<name>.path` so the service
 can refer to its files at a stable location:
diff --git a/modules/services-modular/config-data-path.nix b/modules/services-modular/config-data-path.nix
index dfce6ec15..e7d83883d 100644
--- a/modules/services-modular/config-data-path.nix
+++ b/modules/services-modular/config-data-path.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
             types.submodule (
               { config, ... }:
               {
-                config.path = lib.mkDefault "${xdgConfigHome}/system-services/${servicePrefix}/${config.name}";
+                config.path = lib.mkDefault "${xdgConfigHome}/home-services/${servicePrefix}/${config.name}";
               }
             )
           );
diff --git a/modules/services-modular/default.nix b/modules/services-modular/default.nix
index 8b0dc50c2..b035bdc11 100644
--- a/modules/services-modular/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services-modular/default.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ let
   makeConfigFiles =
     prefix: service:
     lib.mapAttrs' (_: cfg: {
-      name = "system-services/${prefix}/${cfg.name}";
+      name = "home-services/${prefix}/${cfg.name}";
       value = lib.filterAttrs (_: v: v != null) {
         source = cfg.source or null;
         text = cfg.text or null;