diff --git a/src/etc/sugarise-doc-comments.py b/src/etc/sugarise-doc-comments.py
index 04c8a4ebff25..bd21447ffcc5 100755
--- a/src/etc/sugarise-doc-comments.py
+++ b/src/etc/sugarise-doc-comments.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 #
 # this script attempts to turn doc comment attributes (#[doc = "..."])