diff --git a/modules/config/default/config.el b/modules/config/default/config.el
index 876284755..d3b862515 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/config.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/config.el
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@
   ;; The woman-manpath default value does not necessarily match man. If we have
   ;; man available but aren't using it for performance reasons, we can extract
   ;; its manpath.
-  (let ((manpath (cond
-                  ((executable-find "manpath")
-                   (split-string (cdr (doom-call-process "manpath"))
-                                 path-separator t))
-                  ((executable-find "man")
-                   (split-string (cdr (doom-call-process "man" "--path"))
-                                 path-separator t)))))
-    (when manpath
-      (setq woman-manpath manpath))))
+  (when-let*
+      ((path (cond
+              ((executable-find "manpath")
+               (split-string (cdr (doom-call-process "manpath" "-q"))
+                             path-separator t))
+              ((executable-find "man")
+               (split-string (cdr (doom-call-process "man" "--path"))
+                             path-separator t)))))
+    (setq woman-manpath path)))
 
 
 ;;;###package tramp