1diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
2index 8060ea35c..c81067a19 100644
3--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
4+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
5@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ a password is obtained using 'git-credential'.
6 specify a full pathname of a sendmail-like program instead;
7 the program must support the `-i` option. Default value can
8 be specified by the `sendemail.smtpServer` configuration
9- option; the built-in default is to search for `sendmail` in
10- `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such program is
11+ option; the built-in default is to search in $PATH if such program is
12 available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise.
13
14 --smtp-server-port=<port>::
15diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
16index edcc6d346..8e357aeab 100755
17--- a/git-send-email.perl
18+++ b/git-send-email.perl
19@@ -885,8 +885,7 @@ if (defined $initial_reply_to) {
20 }
21
22 if (!defined $smtp_server) {
23- my @sendmail_paths = qw( /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail );
24- push @sendmail_paths, map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
25+ my @sendmail_paths = map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
26 foreach (@sendmail_paths) {
27 if (-x $_) {
28 $smtp_server = $_;