diff --git a/doc/src/manual/faq.md b/doc/src/manual/faq.md
index e3a94bdf9c1cb..3e73aec96ea0b 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/faq.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/faq.md
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ use `exec` to replace the process to `julia`:
 ```julia
 #!/bin/bash
 #=
-exec julia --color=yes --startup-file=no -e 'include(popfirst!(ARGS))' \
-    "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" "$@"
+exec julia --color=yes --startup-file=no "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" "$@"
 =#
 
 @show ARGS  # put any Julia code here