diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
index 6cd3934d8360..d963d43c13b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "--sbindir=\${out}/bin"
       "--localstatedir=/var"
       "--with-pid-dir=/run"
-      "--with-mantype=man"
+      "--with-mantype=doc"
       "--with-libedit=yes"
       "--disable-strip"
       (lib.withFeature withPAM "pam")