diff --git a/builtin/help.c b/builtin/help.c
index fba8c01e24..e1650ab3f9 100644
--- a/builtin/help.c
+++ b/builtin/help.c
@@ -140,17 +140,10 @@ static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
 
 		/* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
 		if (path) {
-			const char *file = strrchr(path, '/');
-			if (file && !strcmp(file + 1, "konqueror")) {
-				char *new = xstrdup(path);
-				char *dest = strrchr(new, '/');
-
-				/* strlen("konqueror") == strlen("kfmclient") */
-				strcpy(dest + 1, "kfmclient");
-				path = new;
-			}
-			if (file)
-				filename = file;
+			size_t len;
+			if (strip_suffix(path, "/konqueror", &len))
+				path = xstrfmt("%.*s/kfmclient", (int)len, path);
+			filename = basename((char *)path);
 		} else
 			path = "kfmclient";
 		strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);