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 ## Usage
 
-  - `java-version`: The Java version to set up. Takes a whole or [semver](#supported-version-syntax) Java version. If not specified, the action will expect `.java-version` file to be in the repository root. See more details in [about `.java-version` file](docs/advanced-usage.md#Java-version-file). 
+  - `java-version`: The Java version to set up. Takes a whole or [semver](#supported-version-syntax) Java version. If not specified, the action will expect `java-version-file` input to be specified. See more details in [about `.java-version` file](docs/advanced-usage.md#Java-version-file). 
+
+  - `java-version-file`: The path to the `.java-version` file. See more details in [about `.java-version` file](docs/advanced-usage.md#Java-version-file).
    
   - `distribution`: _(required)_ Java [distribution](#supported-distributions).
 
diff --git a/docs/advanced-usage.md b/docs/advanced-usage.md
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@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ steps:
 ```
 
 ## Java-version file
-If the `java-version` input is not specified, the action will look for a `.java-version` file at the root of the repository. If the file is found, action will try to install the most suitable version.
+If the `java-version-file` input is specified, the action will try to extract the version from the file and  install the most suitable version.
 Action is able to recognize all variants of the version description according to [jenv](https://github.com/jenv/jenv). 
 Valid entry options:
 ```