diff --git a/doc/kakoune.1 b/doc/kakoune.1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5f6a919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/kakoune.1
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+'\" t
+.\" ** The above line should force tbl to be a preprocessor **
+.\" Man page for kakoune
+.\"
+.pc
+.TH KAKOUNE 1 "" "1.0" "editor"
+
+.SH NAME
+kakoune \- a vim inspired, selection oriented code editor
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+.B kak
+.RB [\| \-q \|]
+.RB [\| \-u \|]
+.RB [\| \-n \|]
+.RB [\| \-l \|]
+.RB [\| \-e
+.IR command \|]
+.RB [\| \-f
+.IR command \|]
+.RB [\| \-p
+.IR session_id \|]
+.RB [\| \-c
+.IR session_id \||\c
+.RB [\| [\| \-d \|]\c
+.RB \ \-s
+.IR session_id \|]
+.IR file \ .\|.\|.\|
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim, as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones, and it shares \
+Vi’s "keystrokes as a text editing language" model.
+
+Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current \
+buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode.
+
+Kakoune has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and incremental results, while still being \
+competitive (as in keystroke count) with Vim.
+
+Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive range of characters, selections have an anchor and a cursor \
+character. Most commands move both of them, except when extending selection where the anchor character stays fixed and \
+the cursor one moves around.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR -q
+in filter mode, be quiet about errors applying keys
+.TP
+.BR -u
+use a dummy user interface, for testing purposes
+.TP
+.BR -n
+do not source kakrc files on startup
+.TP
+.BR -l
+list existing sessions
+.TP
+.BR -d
+run as a headless session (requires -s)
+.TP
+.BR -e " <command>"
+execute argument on initialisation
+.TP
+.BR -f " <command>"
+act as a filter, executing given keys on given files
+.TP
+.BR -p " <session_id>"
+just send stdin as commands to the given session
+.TP
+.BR -c " <session_id>"
+connect to given session
+.TP
+.BR -s " <session_id>"
+set session name
+.TP
+.BR file
+one or more files to edit
+.RE
+
+At startup, if -n is not specified, Kakoune will try to source the file
+.IB ../share/kak/kakrc
+relative to the kak binary. \
+This kak file will then try to recursively source any files in
+.BR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kak/autoload
+(with
+.BR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
+defaulting to
+.BR $HOME/.config ","
+and falling back to
+.IB ../share/kak/autoload
+if that autoload directory does not exist), and finally
+.BR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kak/kakrc "."
+
+That leads to the following behaviour: by default, with no user autoload directory, the system wide autoload directory is used, once the user \
+wants control on autoloading, they can create an autoload directory and eventually symlink individual scripts, or the whole system wide autoload \
+directory. They can as well add any new scripts not provided with Kakoune.
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+
+.TP
+.BR kak " /path/to/file"
+Edit a file
+.RE
+
+.TP
+.BR kak " ./file1.txt /path/to/file2.c"
+Edit multiple files (multiple buffers will be created)
+.RE
+
+.TP
+.BR kak " -f 'ggO// kak: tabstop=8<esc>' *.c"
+Insert a modeline that sets the
+.IR tabstop
+variable at the beginning of several source code files
+.RE
+
+.TP
+.BR kak " -e 'man dup2'"
+Use Kakoune as a man pager
+.RE
+
+.SH FILES
+
+If not started with the
+.BR -n
+switch, Kakoune will source the
+.BR ../share/kak/kakrc
+file relative to the kak binary, which will source additional files:
+
+\[bu] if the
+.BR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kak/autoload
+directory exists, load every
+.IR *.kak
+files in it, and load recursively any subdirectory
+
+\[bu] if it does not exists, fall back to the system wide autoload directory in
+.BR ../share/kak/autoload
+
+After that, if it exists, source the
+.BR $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/kak/kakrc
+file which should be used for user configuration.
+
+In order to continue autoloading site-wide files with a local autoload directory, just add a symbolic link to
+.BR ../share/kak/autoload/
+into your local autoload directory.
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index d74bf368..d995bdb1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ NCURSESW_INCLUDE ?= /usr/include/ncursesw
 bindir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 sharedir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/kak
 docdir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/doc/kak
+mandir := $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man1
 
 os := $(shell uname)
 
@@ -66,13 +67,15 @@ test:
 	cd ../test && ./run
 tags:
 	ctags -R
+man:
+	gzip -fk ../doc/kakoune.1
 
 clean:
 	rm -f .*.o .*.d kak tags
 
 XDG_CONFIG_HOME ?= $(HOME)/.config
 
-install: kak
+install: kak man
 	mkdir -p $(bindir)
 	install -m 0755 kak $(bindir)
 	mkdir -p $(sharedir)/rc
@@ -84,5 +87,6 @@ install: kak
 	mkdir -p $(docdir)
 	install -m 0644 ../README.asciidoc $(docdir)
 	install -m 0644 ../doc/* $(docdir)
+	install -m 0644 ../doc/kakoune.1.gz $(mandir)
 
 .PHONY: tags install