diff --git a/doc/manpages/commands.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/commands.asciidoc
index bd7dd538..f80f920a 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/commands.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/execeval.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/execeval.asciidoc
index 0d919534..fad60a9c 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/execeval.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/execeval.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
index 739d712b..48e47fdd 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/expansions.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/faces.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/faces.asciidoc
index 7a6bec83..6e6ba3d8 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/faces.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/faces.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc
index ca40041c..2c0e35bc 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/highlighters.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/highlighters.asciidoc
index 0d804bbb..b826efee 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/highlighters.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/highlighters.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
index 0207d2b4..81cb815e 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/hooks.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/keys.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/keys.asciidoc
index ab5a7510..0873fa8b 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/keys.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/keys.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/mapping.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/mapping.asciidoc
index 3d053e33..1a11d312 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/mapping.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/mapping.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
index a569ce1e..3e622aa3 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/options.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
index eb8e45c5..8b417a36 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/registers.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/doc/manpages/scopes.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/scopes.asciidoc
index 2f420207..9df5458b 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/scopes.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manpages/scopes.asciidoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-KAKOUNE(1)
+kakoune(k)
 ==========
 
 NAME
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index cde2b943..25b53ffa 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ kak$(suffix) : $(objects)
 # we generate the pages, patch them and then compress them
 ../doc/manpages/%.gz: ../doc/manpages/%.asciidoc
 	a2x --no-xmllint -f manpage $<
-	sed -i -r -e "s,^\.TH .+,.TH KAKOUNE 1 \"\" \"\" \"$(basename $(notdir $<))\"," \
-	-e "/^\.SH \"NAME\"/{N;d;}" $(@:.gz=.1)
-	gzip -n -9 -f $(@:.gz=.1)
-	mv -f $(@:.gz=.1.gz) $@
+	sed -i -r -e "s,^\.TH .+,.TH kakoune k \"\" \"\" \"$(basename $(notdir $<))\"," \
+	-e "/^\.SH \"NAME\"/{N;d;}" $(@:.gz=.k)
+	gzip -n -9 -f $(@:.gz=.k)
+	mv -f $(@:.gz=.k.gz) $@
 
 check: test
 test: