diff --git a/lang/nickle/Makefile b/lang/nickle/Makefile
index e511be14060b..9b24c0bedca1 100644
--- a/lang/nickle/Makefile
+++ b/lang/nickle/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	nickle
 PORTVERSION=	2.97
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	lang
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.nickle.org/release/
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ USES=		gmake localbase ncurses readline shebangfix
 SHEBANG_FILES=	bench/runbench.sh
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/share
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
 # Nickle now has bindings which are likely to pull in libraries that need
diff --git a/lang/nickle/pkg-plist b/lang/nickle/pkg-plist
index 66aa03ca5983..f4c4798fed7c 100644
--- a/lang/nickle/pkg-plist
+++ b/lang/nickle/pkg-plist
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include/nickle/opcode.h
 include/nickle/ref.h
 include/nickle/stack.h
 include/nickle/value.h
-man/man1/nickle.1.gz
+share/man/man1/nickle.1.gz
 %%DATADIR%%/COPYING
 %%DATADIR%%/abort.5c
 %%DATADIR%%/arc4.5c