diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9d0898dec3736c872a85aef91713a506ec28854f..c5de181fce634c60edadb3594dbccd1ae889026a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DEB_UPSTREAM_TARBALL_MD5 = 13e14932f7b63db5e5dc54f608148c34
 DEB_INSTALL_MANPAGES_weblint-perl := debian/weblint.1
 
 common-build-indep::
-	txt2man -p debian/weblint.txt > debian/weblint.1
+	txt2man -t weblint -s 1 -v "Linux Reference Manual" -r $$(dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion) debian/weblint.txt > debian/weblint.1
 
 common-binary-post-install-indep::
 	mv debian/libhtml-lint-perl/usr/bin debian/weblint-perl/usr