diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 8cb05c953..713439fd7 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Remove ./ prefix from example.
+	From Padraig Brady.
+
 2006-06-26  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* coreutils.texi (wc invocation): Spell out `--files0-from' in
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 90136840a..d8cc5b6a2 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ the length of the longest line in any @file{.c} or @file{.h} file in the
 current hierarchy, do this:
 
 @example
-find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | ./wc -L --files0-from=- | tail -n1
+find . -name '*.[ch]' -print0 | wc -L --files0-from=- | tail -n1
 @end example
 
 Do not specify any @var{FILE} on the command line when using this option.