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diff --git a/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile b/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile
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+++ b/libexec/makewhatis/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1997/04/27 20:56:20 millert Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1997/11/05 19:20:46 deraadt Exp $
 
-NOMAN=
+MAN=makewhatis.8
 NOPROG=
 NOOBJ=
 
diff --git a/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8 b/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8
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index 00000000000..2affe6e76f6
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+++ b/libexec/makewhatis/makewhatis.8
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+.\"	$OpenBSD: makewhatis.8,v 1.1 1997/11/05 19:20:47 deraadt Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: makewhatis.8,v 1.2 1997/10/20 02:41:18 enami Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Robert Dobbs <banshee@gabriella.resort.com>.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
+.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
+.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
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+.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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+.\"
+.Dd October 17, 1997
+.Dt MAKEWHATIS 8
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm makewhatis
+.Nd create a whatis.db database
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm /usr/libexec/makewhatis
+.Op Ar manpath
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+strips the NAME lines from compiled or raw
+.Xr man 1
+pages and creates
+a whatis.db database
+for use in
+.Xr apropos 1
+or with
+.Xr man 1 's
+-k option.
+If
+.Ar manpath
+is unspecified,
+.Nm
+by default creates a database for /usr/share/man.
+Man pages compressed with
+.Xr compress 1
+and
+.Xr gzip 1
+are uncompressed before processing, unformatted man pages
+will be formatted on the fly.
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+should find its search paths using /etc/man.conf
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr man.conf 5
+.Sh AUTHOR
+J.T. Conklin (jtc@netbsd.org)