diff --git a/doc/stacktrace.asciidoc b/doc/stacktrace.asciidoc
index 5ed969247..934d51010 100644
--- a/doc/stacktrace.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/stacktrace.asciidoc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ First install `gdb` on your system if it's not installed already.
 Then run qutebrowser directly inside gdb like this:
 
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-$ gdb $(which python3) -ex 'run -m qutebrowser --debug'
+$ gdb $(readlink -f $(which python3)) -ex 'run -m qutebrowser --debug'
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 After you reproduce the crash, you should now see something like:
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ not start with a `|` character (pipe), check if there is a file named `core` or
 If so, execute gdb like this:
 
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-$ gdb $(which python3) /path/to/core
+$ gdb $(readlink -f $(which python3)) /path/to/core
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 If your `/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern` contains something like
 `|/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump`, use `coredumpctl` to run gdb:
 
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-$ coredumpctl gdb $(which python3)
+$ coredumpctl gdb $(readlink -f $(which python3))
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 Getting the stack trace