diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
index 7d4d7d49..872f06b7 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ package() {
     depends=("php>=7.1" "php-intl>=7.1" "php-sqlite>=7.1" "php-fpm>=7.1")
     # create most directories necessary for the final package
     cd "$pkgdir"
-    mkdir -p "usr/share/webapps/arsse" "usr/share/doc/arsse" "usr/share/licenses/arsse" "usr/lib/systemd/system" "usr/lib/sysusers.d" "usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" "usr/share/man/man1" "etc/php/php-fpm.d" "etc/webapps/arsse"
-    #copy requisite files
+    mkdir -p "usr/share/webapps/arsse" "usr/share/doc/arsse" "usr/share/licenses/arsse" "usr/lib/systemd/system" "usr/lib/sysusers.d" "usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" "etc/php/php-fpm.d" "etc/webapps/arsse"
+    # copy requisite files
     cd "$srcdir/arsse"
     cp -r lib locale sql vendor www CHANGELOG UPGRADING README.md arsse.php "$pkgdir/usr/share/webapps/arsse"
     cp -r manual/* "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/arsse"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ package() {
     cp dist/sysuser.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/tmpfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/php-fpm.conf "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    cp dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
+    cp -r dist/man "$pkgdir/usr/share"
     cp -r dist/nginx dist/apache config.defaults.php "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse"
     cd "$pkgdir"
     # copy files requiring special permissions
diff --git a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
index 41bae532..1de2bfd8 100644
--- a/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
+++ b/dist/arch/PKGBUILD-git
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ package() {
     depends=("php>=7.1" "php-intl>=7.1" "php-sqlite>=7.1" "php-fpm>=7.1")
     # create most directories necessary for the final package
     cd "$pkgdir"
-    mkdir -p "usr/share/webapps/arsse" "usr/share/doc/arsse" "usr/share/licenses/arsse" "usr/lib/systemd/system" "usr/lib/sysusers.d" "usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" "usr/share/man/man1" "etc/php/php-fpm.d" "etc/webapps/arsse"
-    #copy requisite files
+    mkdir -p "usr/share/webapps/arsse" "usr/share/doc/arsse" "usr/share/licenses/arsse" "usr/lib/systemd/system" "usr/lib/sysusers.d" "usr/lib/tmpfiles.d" "etc/php/php-fpm.d" "etc/webapps/arsse"
+    # copy requisite files
     cd "$srcdir/arsse"
     cp -r lib locale sql vendor www CHANGELOG UPGRADING README.md arsse.php "$pkgdir/usr/share/webapps/arsse"
     cp -r manual/* "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/arsse"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ package() {
     cp dist/sysuser.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/sysusers.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/tmpfiles.conf "$pkgdir/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/arsse.conf"
     cp dist/php-fpm.conf "$pkgdir/etc/php/php-fpm.d/arsse.conf"
-    cp dist/manpage "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/arsse.1"
+    cp -r dist/man "$pkgdir/usr/share"
     cp -r dist/nginx dist/apache config.defaults.php "$pkgdir/etc/webapps/arsse"
     cd "$pkgdir"
     # copy files requiring special permissions