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diff --git a/man/runsv.8 b/man/runsv.8
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@@ -159,14 +159,9 @@ This command is ignored if it is given to
 Example: to send a TERM signal to the socklog-unix service, either do
   # sv term /var/service/socklog-unix
  or
-  # echo \-n t >/var/service/socklog-unix/supervise/control
+  # printf t >/var/service/socklog-unix/supervise/control
 .P
-If
-.BR echo (1)
-on your systems does not provide the \-n option, leave it out,
-.B runsv
-ignores unknown characters written to the control pipe.
-.BR echo (1)
+.BR printf (1)
 usually blocks if no
 .B runsv
 process is running in the service directory.