1diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
2index 5d13a856a7..5c9978c1e4 100644
3--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
4+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.adoc
5@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Sending
6 The command will be executed in the shell if necessary. Default
7 is the value of `sendemail.sendmailCmd`. If unspecified, and if
8 `--smtp-server` is also unspecified, `git send-email` will search
9- for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and `$PATH`.
10+ for `sendmail` in `$PATH`.
11
12 --smtp-encryption=<encryption>::
13 Specify in what way encrypting begins for the SMTP connection.
14@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ a password is obtained using linkgit:git-credential[1].
15 If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
16 `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). If unspecified, and if
17 `--sendmail-cmd` is also unspecified, the default is to search
18- for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and `$PATH` if such a
19+ for `sendmail` in `$PATH` if such a
20 program is available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise.
21 +
22 For backward compatibility, this option can also specify a full pathname
23diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
24index 798d59b84f..69c9cc2a7d 100755
25--- a/git-send-email.perl
26+++ b/git-send-email.perl
27@@ -1091,8 +1091,7 @@ sub expand_one_alias {
28 }
29
30 if (!defined $sendmail_cmd && !defined $smtp_server) {
31- my @sendmail_paths = qw( /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail );
32- push @sendmail_paths, map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
33+ my @sendmail_paths = map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
34 foreach (@sendmail_paths) {
35 if (-x $_) {
36 $sendmail_cmd = $_;