diff --git a/man/i3.man b/man/i3.man
index 868ff8cc..019c9124 100644
--- a/man/i3.man
+++ b/man/i3.man
@@ -238,9 +238,10 @@ bindsym Mod1+Shift+r restart
 # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
 bindsym Mod1+Shift+e exit
 
-# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
-# finds out, if available)
-exec i3status | i3bar -d
+# display workspace buttons plus a statusline generated by i3status
+bar {
+    status_command i3status
+}
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 === ~/.xsession