diff --git a/devel/mercurial/Makefile b/devel/mercurial/Makefile
index 3608f9cd1e8b..feac1746777f 100644
--- a/devel/mercurial/Makefile
+++ b/devel/mercurial/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,54 @@
 # Ports collection makefile for:	mercurial
 # Date created:				11 July 2005
 # Whom:					Andreas Kohn
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	mercurial
 PORTVERSION=	0.9
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/release/
 
 MAINTAINER=	roberto@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A fast, lightweight source control management system
 
 USE_PYTHON=	2.3+
 USE_PYDISTUTILS=yes
 
 CONTRIB_FILES=	bash_completion \
 		convert-repo \
 		favicon.ico \
 		hg-menu.vim \
 		hg-ssh \
 		hgdiff \
 		hgk \
 		hgk.py \
 		mercurial.el \
 		tcsh_completion \
 		zsh_completion
 
 PORTDOCS=	CONTRIBUTORS COPYING README *.txt doc/*.txt
 
 PKGMESSAGE=	${WRKDIR}/MESSAGE
 
 post-build:
 	@${SED} -e 's,%%PREFIX%%,${PREFIX},g' ${PKGDIR}/pkg-message > ${PKGMESSAGE}
 
 post-install:
 .if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
+	${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
+	for f in ${PORTDOCS}; do \
+		${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/$${f} ${DOCSDIR}; \
+	done
 	${MKDIR} ${DATADIR}
 	${MKDIR} ${DATADIR}/contrib
 	for f in ${CONTRIB_FILES}; do \
 		${CP} -p ${WRKSRC}/contrib/$${f} ${DATADIR}/contrib; \
 	done
 	${MKDIR} ${DATADIR}/www
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/*.cgi ${DATADIR}/www
 	@${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>