diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9c1813..77de154 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ the same version in lockstep.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **CLI `scan` rejected the `./...` path every doc example uses**, failing with
+  `scan failed: lstat ./...: no such file or directory`. The scan has always
+  been recursive, so the pattern suffix is now trimmed and `./pkg/...` selects
+  exactly what `./pkg` does.
 - **CLI `explain` could not connect to any database**: the binary linked no
   SQL driver, so every invocation failed with
   `sql: unknown driver "postgres" (forgotten import?)`. `cmd/sqlguard` now
diff --git a/cmd/sqlguard/scan.go b/cmd/sqlguard/scan.go
index a6c42b5..b4efd6b 100644
--- a/cmd/sqlguard/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/sqlguard/scan.go
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ var formatFlag string
 var scanCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "scan [path]",
 	Short: "Scan Go source files for SQL query issues",
-	Long:  "Statically analyzes Go source files to find SQL queries and check them for common issues.",
-	Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-	RunE:  runScan,
+	Long: "Statically analyzes Go source files to find SQL queries and check them for common issues.\n\n" +
+		"The scan is always recursive. A path may be written either plainly (./pkg)\n" +
+		"or with the Go package-pattern suffix (./pkg/...); both select the same files.",
+	Args: cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+	RunE: runScan,
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ func runScan(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	dir := "."
 	if len(args) > 0 {
-		dir = args[0]
+		dir = trimPatternSuffix(args[0])
 	}
 
 	rep, err := newReporter(formatFlag)
@@ -97,6 +99,43 @@ func runScan(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// trimPatternSuffix accepts the `./...` spelling every Go tool takes. The scan
+// is already recursive, so `dir/...` selects exactly what `dir` does and the
+// suffix only has to be removed before the path reaches the filesystem.
+func trimPatternSuffix(path string) string {
+	return trimPatternSuffixSep(path, filepath.Separator)
+}
+
+// trimPatternSuffixSep takes the separator explicitly so both platforms'
+// behavior is testable from either one.
+//
+// The suffix must be separator-anchored: a directory really named `weird...`
+// is a legal path, and trimming it unanchored would silently scan `weird`
+// instead and report a clean exit for a tree that was never looked at.
+//
+// `\...` counts only where the OS separator is a backslash. The go command
+// rewrites `\` to `/` in relative arguments "as a courtesy to Windows
+// developers" (cmd/go/internal/search), so `.\...` is a spelling users do
+// type — but on Unix a backslash is an ordinary filename byte, and a directory
+// named `weird\...` there must reach the filesystem intact.
+func trimPatternSuffixSep(path string, sep rune) string {
+	if path == "..." {
+		return "."
+	}
+	trimmed, ok := strings.CutSuffix(path, "/...")
+	if !ok && sep == '\\' {
+		trimmed, ok = strings.CutSuffix(path, `\...`)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		return path
+	}
+	// A bare root ("/...", or "C:\..." on Windows) loses its separator above.
+	if trimmed == "" || strings.HasSuffix(trimmed, ":") {
+		return trimmed + string(sep)
+	}
+	return trimmed
+}
+
 func newReporter(format string) (reporter.Reporter, error) {
 	switch format {
 	case "json":
diff --git a/cmd/sqlguard/scan_test.go b/cmd/sqlguard/scan_test.go
index 7cbafc8..a330b30 100644
--- a/cmd/sqlguard/scan_test.go
+++ b/cmd/sqlguard/scan_test.go
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@ func f(db *sql.DB) {
 // Returns the output and the error (errIssuesFound if issues were found).
 func captureScanOutput(t *testing.T, dir string) (string, error) {
 	t.Helper()
+	return captureScanTarget(t, dir)
+}
+
+// captureScanTarget is captureScanOutput for a target that is not a plain
+// directory path, such as the `./...` package-pattern spelling.
+func captureScanTarget(t *testing.T, target string) (string, error) {
+	t.Helper()
 
 	// Reset format flag to default for each test
 	formatFlag = "console"
@@ -344,7 +351,7 @@ func captureScanOutput(t *testing.T, dir string) (string, error) {
 	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
 	os.Stderr = w
 
-	err := runScan(&cobra.Command{}, []string{dir})
+	err := runScan(&cobra.Command{}, []string{target})
 
 	w.Close()
 	os.Stderr = old
@@ -397,3 +404,153 @@ func TestScanCommand_NoUsageDumpOnIssues(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected the finding in output, got:\n%s", out)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTrimPatternSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	// sep is the OS separator the call is evaluated under, so Windows
+	// behavior is covered from a Unix host and vice versa.
+	cases := []struct {
+		sep      rune
+		in, want string
+	}{
+		// Slash patterns work on every platform.
+		{'/', "./...", "."},
+		{'/', "...", "."},
+		{'/', "/...", "/"},
+		{'/', "./pkg/...", "./pkg"},
+		{'/', "pkg/...", "pkg"},
+		{'/', "/abs/pkg/...", "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/abs/pkg"},
+		{'\\', "./...", "."},
+		{'\\', "...", "."},
+		{'\\', "./pkg/...", "./pkg"},
+
+		// Plain paths are untouched.
+		{'/', ".", "."},
+		{'/', "./pkg", "./pkg"},
+		{'/', "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/abs/pkg", "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/abs/pkg"},
+		{'/', "", ""},
+
+		// Separator-anchored: directory names, not patterns.
+		{'/', "weird...", "weird..."},
+		{'/', "./weird...", "./weird..."},
+		{'/', "....", "...."},
+		{'/', "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/abs/weird...", "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/abs/weird..."},
+
+		// A backslash is an ordinary filename byte on Unix, so `weird\...`
+		// and `.\...` are directory names there — but patterns on Windows.
+		{'/', `.\...`, `.\...`},
+		{'/', `weird\...`, `weird\...`},
+		{'/', `./a\...`, `./a\...`},
+		{'\\', `.\...`, "."},
+		{'\\', `.\pkg\...`, `.\pkg`},
+		{'\\', `pkg\...`, "pkg"},
+		{'\\', `weird...`, `weird...`},
+
+		// Bare roots keep their separator.
+		{'\\', `C:\...`, `C:\`},
+		{'\\', `\...`, `\`},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		if got := trimPatternSuffixSep(c.in, c.sep); got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("trimPatternSuffixSep(%q, %q) = %q, want %q", c.in, c.sep, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScan_AcceptsPackagePattern pins the `./...` spelling the README and the
+// docs site use. It used to reach filepath.Abs verbatim and fail with
+// "lstat ./...: no such file or directory", so the documented invocation was
+// the one invocation that did not work. The nested file also proves the
+// pattern still reaches subdirectories rather than silently scanning one level.
+func TestScan_AcceptsPackagePattern(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	createTestFile(t, dir, "top.go", `package example
+import "database/sql"
+func f(db *sql.DB) {
+	db.Query("SELECT * FROM users")
+}
+`)
+	sub := filepath.Join(dir, "nested")
+	if err := os.Mkdir(sub, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mkdir: %v", err)
+	}
+	createTestFile(t, sub, "deep.go", `package nested
+import "database/sql"
+func g(db *sql.DB) {
+	db.Exec("DELETE FROM sessions")
+}
+`)
+
+	out, err := captureScanTarget(t, filepath.Join(dir, "..."))
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, errIssuesFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected errIssuesFound for ./... target, got %v\noutput:\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "select-star") {
+		t.Errorf("pattern target missed the top-level file, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "delete-without-where") {
+		t.Errorf("pattern target did not recurse into the subdirectory, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScan_PatternMatchesPlainPath is the equivalence the fix rests on: the
+// scan is already recursive, so `dir/...` must select exactly what `dir` does.
+func TestScan_PatternMatchesPlainPath(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	createTestFile(t, dir, "a.go", `package example
+import "database/sql"
+func f(db *sql.DB) {
+	db.Query("SELECT * FROM users")
+}
+`)
+
+	plain, errPlain := captureScanTarget(t, dir)
+	pattern, errPattern := captureScanTarget(t, filepath.Join(dir, "..."))
+
+	if !errors.Is(errPlain, errIssuesFound) || !errors.Is(errPattern, errIssuesFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("both spellings should report issues: plain=%v pattern=%v", errPlain, errPattern)
+	}
+	if plain != pattern {
+		t.Errorf("plain and pattern targets disagree:\nplain:\n%s\npattern:\n%s", plain, pattern)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestScan_DottedDirectoryIsNotAPattern guards the separator anchor. A
+// directory named `weird...` is a legal path; trimming the suffix unanchored
+// pointed the scan at a sibling `weird` instead, which reported that
+// directory's findings under the name the user did not ask for — and would
+// have exited clean had the sibling been clean.
+func TestScan_DottedDirectoryIsNotAPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	dotted := filepath.Join(root, "weird...")
+	plain := filepath.Join(root, "weird")
+	for _, d := range []string{dotted, plain} {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(d, 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("mkdir %s: %v", d, err)
+		}
+	}
+	createTestFile(t, dotted, "a.go", `package weird
+import "database/sql"
+func f(db *sql.DB) {
+	db.Query("SELECT * FROM users")
+}
+`)
+	createTestFile(t, plain, "b.go", `package weird
+import "database/sql"
+func g(db *sql.DB) {
+	db.Exec("DELETE FROM sessions")
+}
+`)
+
+	out, err := captureScanTarget(t, dotted)
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, errIssuesFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the dotted directory to be scanned, got %v\noutput:\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "select-star") {
+		t.Errorf("did not scan the directory that was named, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "delete-without-where") {
+		t.Errorf("scanned the sibling directory instead of the one named, got:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/scan.md b/website/docs/scan.md
index f52b227..654eb76 100644
--- a/website/docs/scan.md
+++ b/website/docs/scan.md
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ sqlguard scan ./internal/repository   # one package tree
 sqlguard scan --format json ./...     # machine-readable
 ```
 
+The scan is always recursive, so a path may be written plainly (`./internal`)
+or with the Go package-pattern suffix (`./internal/...`); both select the same
+files. With no path at all it scans the current directory.
+
+_Changed in 0.3._ In 0.2 the pattern spelling was rejected outright —
+`sqlguard scan ./...` failed with `lstat ./...: no such file or directory` —
+so the form used throughout these docs had to be written as `sqlguard scan .`.
+
 | Flag | Default | Effect |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `--format console\|json` | `console` | Output shape. JSON is an array of `{rule, severity, query, fingerprint, message, suggestion, file, line}`. |