diff --git a/doc/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text b/doc/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
index 9e18bd2f..a8851f7f 100644
--- a/doc/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
+++ b/doc/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ TEMPLATING
 * create the template as an executable file like templates/basic.conf.sh, it will output text using shell variables for the values
 
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-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # in the template, use cat << eof (here document) to output the text
 # and use standard shell variables in the template
 # output everything in the template script to stdout