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 <sub>The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc` or `~/.profile`).</sub>
 
-You can customize the install source, directory and profile using the `NVM_SOURCE`, `NVM_DIR` and `NVM_PROFILE` variables. Eg: `curl ... | NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm sh` for a global install.
+You can customize the install source, directory and profile using the `NVM_SOURCE`, `NVM_DIR` and `PROFILE` variables. Eg: `curl ... | NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm sh` for a global install.
 
 <sub>*NB. The installer can use Git, cURL or Wget to download NVM, whatever is available.*</sub>