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+diff --git a/doc/pinfo.1.in b/doc/pinfo.1.in
+index bb285cc..bf16aef 100644
+--- a/doc/pinfo.1.in
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+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-.TH PINFO 1 "01 Dec 2001"
++.TH PINFO 1 "25 Apr 2023"
+ .SH NAME
+ .B pinfo
+ \- is user-friendly, console-based viewer for Info documents
+@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
+ .B pinfo
+ [\fIoptions\fR]
+ [\fBinfopage\fR]
++.P
++.B pman
++[\fIman-options\fR]
++[\fBman-page\fR]
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ This is a program for viewing info files. You specify which page you want to
+ read by passing it an
+@@ -46,13 +50,7 @@ to the `\fIman\fR' program. Don't be confused if pinfo options, which
+ followed `\fB-m\fR' don't work. When using this option, pinfo does not parse
+ the info options as usual! It invokes the man part of program.
+ .P
+-You can also call the man function of pinfo in another way. When pinfo is
+-called with an argv[0] (the program file name), which contains the word 'man'
+-in its name, the man functions are enabled automatically.
+-.P
+-Previously there was a symlink to pinfo, called pman, but I had to remove it
+-from the distribution, since its name was in conflict with some other
+-utility. Anyway, you can feel free to create such a link if you wish.
++You can also call the man function of pinfo by running \fBpman\fR.
+ .P
+ .BR "-r",
+ .BR --raw-filename
+diff --git a/doc/pinfo.texi b/doc/pinfo.texi
+index 9925202..a617e62 100644
+--- a/doc/pinfo.texi
++++ b/doc/pinfo.texi
+@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Keys
+
+ @value{PROGRAM} [@var{options}] [@var{info_page}]
+
++@noindent
++@file{pman} [@var{man-options}] [@var{man_page}]
++
+ @value{PROGRAM} is a program for viewing info files. You specify which
+ page you want to read by passing it an @var{info_page} argument. This argument
+ contains the name of an info page (i.e. @samp{bash}). The program
+@@ -130,10 +133,7 @@ When @value{PROGRAM} is called with an @code{argv[0]} (the program file
+ name), which contains the word @code{man} in its name, the man
+ functions are enabled automatically.
+
+-Previously there was a symlink to @value{PROGRAM}, called @code{pman},
+-but I had to remove it from the distribution, since its name was in
+-conflict with some other utility. Anyway, you can feel free to create
+-such a link if you wish.
++You can also call the man function of pinfo by running @code{pman}.
+ @item -r, --raw-filename
+ uses a raw filename first (i.e. the name which you specified as
+ infopage is considered to be a real file in the specified location).