diff --git a/plugins/cp/README.md b/plugins/cp/README.md
index e8a9b6ccc..23734243c 100644
--- a/plugins/cp/README.md
+++ b/plugins/cp/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The enabled options for rsync are:
 
 * `-hhh`: outputs numbers in human-readable format, in units of 1024 (K, M, G, T).
 
-* `--backup-dir=/tmp/rsync`: move backup copies to "/tmp/rsync".
+* `--backup-dir="/tmp/rsync-$USERNAME"`: move backup copies to "/tmp/rsync-$USERNAME".
 
 * `-e /dev/null`: only work on local files (disable remote shells).
 
diff --git a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
index fe6ea87a8..a56259106 100644
--- a/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/cp/cp.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cpv() {
-    rsync -pogbr -hhh --backup-dir=/tmp/rsync -e /dev/null --progress "$@"
+    rsync -pogbr -hhh --backup-dir="/tmp/rsync-${USERNAME}" -e /dev/null --progress "$@"
 }
 compdef _files cpv