···1diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
2-index 1afe9fc858..05dd7c3a90 100644
3--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
4+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
5-@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ 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>::
00015diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
16-index 8eb63b5a2f..74a61d8213 100755
17--- a/git-send-email.perl
18+++ b/git-send-email.perl
19-@@ -956,8 +956,7 @@ sub expand_one_alias {
20 }
2122- 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 = $_;
···1diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
2+index 3db4eab4ba..39bc0e77c9 100644
3--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
4+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
5+@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ a password is obtained using 'git-credential'.
6+ --smtp-server=<host>::
7+ If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use (e.g.
8+ `smtp.example.com` or a raw IP address). If unspecified, and if
9+- `--sendmail-cmd` is also unspecified, the default is to search
10+- for `sendmail` in `/usr/sbin`, `/usr/lib` and $PATH if such a
11+- program is available, falling back to `localhost` otherwise.
12++ `--sendmail-cmd` is also unspecified, the default is to search for
13++ `sendmail` in $PATH if such a program is available, falling back to
14++ `localhost` otherwise.
15+ +
16+ For backward compatibility, this option can also specify a full pathname
17+ of a sendmail-like program instead; the program must support the `-i`
18diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
19+index e65d969d0b..508d49483d 100755
20--- a/git-send-email.perl
21+++ b/git-send-email.perl
22+@@ -1066,8 +1066,7 @@ sub expand_one_alias {
23 }
2425+ if (!defined $sendmail_cmd && !defined $smtp_server) {
26- my @sendmail_paths = qw( /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail );
27- push @sendmail_paths, map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
28+ my @sendmail_paths = map {"$_/sendmail"} split /:/, $ENV{PATH};
29 foreach (@sendmail_paths) {
30 if (-x $_) {
31+ $sendmail_cmd = $_;