diff --git a/bin/ksh/siglist.sh b/bin/ksh/siglist.sh
index 915dce5854be..a627a3d0ff94 100755
--- a/bin/ksh/siglist.sh
+++ b/bin/ksh/siglist.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-#	$NetBSD: siglist.sh,v 1.11 2016/03/17 13:54:31 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: siglist.sh,v 1.12 2016/03/17 13:59:02 christos Exp $
 #
 # Script to generate a sorted, complete list of signals, suitable
 # for inclusion in trap.c as array initializer.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CPP="${1-cc -E}"
 	{ QwErTy .signal = SIG\1 , .name = "\1", .mess = "\2" },\
 #endif/') > $in
 # work around for gcc 5
-$CPP $in | grep -v '^#' | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/},/},\
+$CPP $in | grep -v '^#' | tr -d '\n' | ${SED} 's/},/},\
 /g' > $out
 ${SED} -n 's/{ QwErTy/{/p' < $out | ${AWK} '{print NR, $0}' | sort -k 5n -k 1n |
     ${SED} 's/^[0-9]* //' |