diff --git a/scripts/bash_aliases b/scripts/bash_aliases
index 8cedc4efc..d9b6047d1 100644
--- a/scripts/bash_aliases
+++ b/scripts/bash_aliases
@@ -153,13 +153,11 @@ function pdfman()
 
 function man_gitstaged()
 {
-	git status							\
-	|sed "/Changes not staged for commit:/q"			\
-	|grep -E "^\s*(modified|deleted|new file):"			\
-	|sed "s/^.*:\s*/, /"						\
+	git diff --staged --name-only					\
+	|sed "s/$/, /"							\
 	|sed "s%man[1-9]/%%"						\
 	|tr -d '\n'							\
-	|sed "s/^, //"
+	|sed "s/, $//"
 }
 
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