diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
index dad91e92a45..ac001af06bd 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ instead the assignment is turned into something equivalent to
     (SETTER ARGS... temp)
     temp)
 so as to preserve the semantics of `setf'."
-  (declare (debug (sexp (&or symbolp lambda-expr) &optional sexp)))
+  (declare (debug (sexp [&or symbolp lambda-expr] &optional sexp)))
   (when (eq 'lambda (car-safe setter))
     (message "Use `gv-define-setter' or name %s's setter function" name))
   `(gv-define-setter ,name (val &rest args)
diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index 73d11c0ef52..1b42ef4e919 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -64,16 +64,22 @@ The action to be taken can be further customized via
   :version "28.1"
   :type 'regexp)
 
+(defcustom eww-download-directory "~/Downloads/"
+  "Default directory where `eww' saves downloaded files."
+  :version "29.1"
+  :group 'eww
+  :type 'directory)
+
 (defun eww--download-directory ()
-  "Return the name of the download directory.
-If ~/Downloads/ exists, that will be used, and if not, the
-DOWNLOAD XDG user directory will be returned.  If that's
-undefined, ~/Downloads/ is returned anyway."
-  (or (and (file-exists-p "~/Downloads/")
-           "~/Downloads/")
+  "Return the name of the EWW download directory.
+The default is specified by `eww-download-directory'; however,
+if that directory doesn't exist and the DOWNLOAD XDG user directory
+is defined, use the latter instead."
+  (or (and (file-exists-p eww-download-directory)
+           eww-download-directory)
       (when-let ((dir (xdg-user-dir "DOWNLOAD")))
         (file-name-as-directory dir))
-      "~/Downloads/"))
+      eww-download-directory))
 
 (defcustom eww-download-directory 'eww--download-directory
   "Directory where files will downloaded.