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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c b/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
index ade577bfce..ebf8b88262 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
+++ b/usr/src/man/man3c/popen.3c
@@ -43,19 +43,11 @@ argument as described in \fBfopen\fR(3C) to enable extended FILE facility.
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The environment of the executed command will be as if a child process were
-created within the \fBpopen()\fR call using \fBfork\fR(2). If the application
-is standard-conforming (see \fBstandards\fR(5)), the child is created as if
-invoked with the call:
+created within the \fBpopen()\fR call using \fBfork\fR(2). The child is
+created as if invoked with the call:
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-\fBexecl("/usr/xpg4/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB",\fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
-*)0);\fR
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-otherwise, the child is created as if invoked with the call:
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-\fBexecl("/usr/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB",\fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
+\fBexecl("/usr/bin/sh", "sh", "\fR\fB-c\fR\fB", \fR\fIcommand\fR, \fB(char
*)0);\fR
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