diff --git a/cde/doc/util/dbtoman/instant/tranvar.c b/cde/doc/util/dbtoman/instant/tranvar.c
index 5a8008088..6de25d13b 100644
--- a/cde/doc/util/dbtoman/instant/tranvar.c
+++ b/cde/doc/util/dbtoman/instant/tranvar.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ Find(
     else if (StrEq(av[0], "attr")) {
 	DS.gi     = av[2];
 	DS.gi2    = av[3];
-	strcpy(DS.action, av[4]);
+	snprintf(DS.action, sizeof(DS.action), "%s", av[4]);
 	DescendTree(e, tr_find_attr, 0, 0, &DS);
     }
 }