diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 3502c60..4defff9 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Use the excellent tool of [utmp](http://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task.
 
 It means that st doesn’t have any terminfo entry on your system. Chances are
 you did not `make install`. If you just want to test it without installing it,
-you can manualy run `tic -s st.info`.
+you can manualy run `tic -sx st.info`.
 
 ## Nothing works, and nothing is said about an unknown terminal!
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6158ab2..fb026c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ install: all
 	@sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < st.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/st.1
 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/st.1
 	@echo Please see the README file regarding the terminfo entry of st.
-	@tic -s st.info
+	@tic -sx st.info
 
 uninstall:
 	@echo removing executable file from ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
diff --git a/README b/README
index b38c88b..6a846ed 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Running st
 If you did not install st with make clean install, you must compile
 the st terminfo entry with the following command:
 
-    tic -s st.info
+    tic -sx st.info
 
 See the man page for additional details.