diff --git a/docs/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text b/docs/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
index a8851f7f..818c423a 100644
--- a/docs/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
+++ b/docs/man/man7/cdist-best-practice.text
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ Host *
   ControlPersist 10
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+SPEEDING UP SHELL EXECUTION
+----------------------------
+On the source host, ensure that /bin/sh is *not* bash: bash is quite slow for
+script execution. Instead, you could use dash after installing it:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ln -sf /bin/dash /bin/sh
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 
 MULTI MASTER OR ENVIRONMENT SETUPS
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