diff --git a/man/feh.pre b/man/feh.pre
index ed3247a7e2c6ee2debcd9fe59be6e5c7f4d7d4ec..a76cf3876286d1afb9ce7a1be997b4e89622bbe5 100644
--- a/man/feh.pre
+++ b/man/feh.pre
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ can also be used as a background setter.  Unless you pass the
 option, it will store the command line necessary to set the background in
 .Pa ~/.fehbg ,
 so to have your background restored every time you start X, you can add
-.Qq eval $(cat ~/.fehbg)
+.Qq exec ~/.fehbg &
 to your X startup script
 .Pq like Pa ~/.xinitrc .
 .