diff --git a/usr.bin/env/env.1 b/usr.bin/env/env.1
index 9316175e1154..8a1467aa96b0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/env/env.1
+++ b/usr.bin/env/env.1
@@ -445,11 +445,7 @@ utility does not handle values of
 .Ar utility
 which have an equals sign
 .Pq Ql =
-in their name (for obvious reasons), unless the
-.Ar utility
-name begins with a
-.Ql /
-character.
+in their name, for obvious reasons.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/env/env.c b/usr.bin/env/env.c
index 56c671b2afa8..815976fe5f7a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/env/env.c
+++ b/usr.bin/env/env.c
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (env_verbosity)
 			fprintf(stderr, "#env clearing environ\n");
 	}
-	for (argv += optind; *argv && (**argv != '/') && (p = strchr(*argv,
-	    '=')); ++argv) {
+	for (argv += optind; *argv && (p = strchr(*argv, '=')); ++argv) {
 		if (env_verbosity)
 			fprintf(stderr, "#env setenv:\t%s\n", *argv);
 		(void)setenv(*argv, ++p, 1);