diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/sgml/installation.sgml b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/sgml/installation.sgml
index 80105f2d521..2697bb391cd 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ bash# ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl
change your path to perl in all the files in your Bugzilla
installation:
-perl -pi -e 's@#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm processmail syncshadowdb
+perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm
+processmail syncshadowdb
Change the second path to perl to match your installation.
diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/xml/installation.xml b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/xml/installation.xml
index 80105f2d521..2697bb391cd 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/xml/installation.xml
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/docs/xml/installation.xml
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ bash# ln -s /usr/bin/perl /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl
change your path to perl in all the files in your Bugzilla
installation:
-perl -pi -e 's@#!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm processmail syncshadowdb
+perl -pi -e 's@#\!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl@#\!/usr/bin/perl@' *cgi *pl Bug.pm
+processmail syncshadowdb
Change the second path to perl to match your installation.