diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/file.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/file.html.md
index ca65c8bb9..0fab619ce 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/file.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/provisioning/file.html.md
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ sidebar_current: "provisioning-file"
 
 **Provisioner name: `"file"`**
 
-The file provisioner allows you to upload a file from the host machine to
-the guest machine.
+The file provisioner allows you to upload a file or directory from the host
+machine to the guest machine.
 
 File provisioning is a simple way to, for example, replicate your local
 ~/.gitconfig to the vagrant user's home directory on the guest machine so
@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@ new VM.
       config.vm.provision "file", source: "~/.gitconfig", destination: ".gitconfig"
     end
 
-Note that, unlike with synced folders, files that are uploaded will not
-be kept in sync. Continuing with the example above, if you make further
-changes to your local ~/.gitconfig, they will not be immediately reflected
-in the copy you uploaded to the guest machine.
+Note that, unlike with synced folders, files or directories that are uploaded
+will not be kept in sync. Continuing with the example above, if you make
+further changes to your local ~/.gitconfig, they will not be immediately
+reflected in the copy you uploaded to the guest machine.
 
 ## Options
 
 The file provisioner takes only two options, both of which are required:
 
-* `source` (string) - Is the local path of the file to be uploaded.
+* `source` (string) - Is the local path of the file or directory to be
+  uploaded.
 
 * `destination` (string) - Is the remote path on the guest machine where
-  the file will be uploaded to. The file is uploaded as the SSH user over
-  SCP, so this location must be writable to that user. The SSH user can be
+  the source will be uploaded to. The file/folder is uploaded as the SSH user
+  over SCP, so this location must be writable to that user. The SSH user can be
   determined by running `vagrant ssh-config`, and defaults to "vagrant".