diff --git a/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1 b/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1
index fb50e84c4b77..931f82f47e61 100644
--- a/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1
+++ b/usr.bin/pathchk/pathchk.1
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ other
 .Tn POSIX
 systems:
 .Pp
-.Dl "find . -print | xargs pathchk -p"
+.Dl "find . -exec pathchk -p -- {} +"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr getconf 1 ,
 .Xr pathconf 2 ,