diff --git a/content/en/examples/pods/lifecycle-events.yaml b/content/en/examples/pods/lifecycle-events.yaml
index e5fcffcc9e..4b79d7289c 100644
--- a/content/en/examples/pods/lifecycle-events.yaml
+++ b/content/en/examples/pods/lifecycle-events.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ spec:
           command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "echo Hello from the postStart handler > /usr/share/message"]
       preStop:
         exec:
-          command: ["/usr/sbin/nginx","-s","quit"]
+          command: ["/bin/sh","-c","nginx -s quit; while killall -0 nginx; do sleep 1; done"]