The .TH first argument needs to match all the words preceding the first dash in the Name section for mandb(8) to recognize the summary (and for apropos(1) to then show it). Before: $ apropos ebtables ebtables-legacy (8) - (unknown subject) After: $ apropos ebtables ebtables-legacy (8) - Ethernet bridge frame table administration (legacy) Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> --- ebtables-legacy.8.in | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebtables-legacy.8.in b/ebtables-legacy.8.in index 3417045..762ff67 100644 --- a/ebtables-legacy.8.in +++ b/ebtables-legacy.8.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH EBTABLES 8 "@PACKAGE_DATE@" +.TH EBTABLES-LEGACY 8 "@PACKAGE_DATE@" .\" .\" Man page written by Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx> .\" It is based on the iptables man page. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" .SH NAME -ebtables-legacy (@PACKAGE_VERSION@) \- Ethernet bridge frame table administration (legacy) +ebtables-legacy \- Ethernet bridge frame table administration (@PACKAGE_VERSION@) .SH SYNOPSIS .BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " - [ ACDI "] chain rule specification [match extensions] [watcher extensions] target" .br -- 2.42.1
