diff --git a/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go b/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
index 2be31e6..9920213 100644
--- a/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
+++ b/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ func main() {
// `Exec` requires arguments in slice form (as
// apposed to one big string). We'll give `ls` a few
- // common arguments.
- args := []string{"-a", "-l", "-h"}
+ // common arguments. It has to include the program
+ // name as the first argument. Details see
+ // `man 2 execve`
+ args := []string{"ls", "-a", "-l", "-h"}
// `Exec` also needs a set of [environment variables](environment-variables)
// to use. Here we just provide our current
diff --git a/public/execing-processes b/public/execing-processes
index a2639f1..f65a863 100644
--- a/public/execing-processes
+++ b/public/execing-processes
@@ -98,11 +98,13 @@ we’ll use exec.LookPath to find it (probably
Exec requires arguments in slice form (as
apposed to one big string). We’ll give ls a few
-common arguments.
+common arguments. It has to include the program
+name as the first argument. Details see
+man 2 execve
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- args := []string{"-a", "-l", "-h"}
+ args := []string{"ls", "-a", "-l", "-h"}
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