diff --git a/bin/mk_manpage b/bin/mk_manpage
index 28b382a0e..6b7d95302 100755
--- a/bin/mk_manpage
+++ b/bin/mk_manpage
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ if [ -f $2/man/head ] ; then : ; else cat > $2/man/head <<'EOF'
 EOF
 fi
 if [ -d $2/man/man$num ] ; then : ; else mkdir $2/man/man$num ; fi
-cat $2/man/head $1 > $2/man/man$num/`expr //$1 : '.*/\([^/]*\)'`
+cat $2/man/head $1  | sed "s!TARGETHOME!$2!" > $2/man/man$num/`expr //$1 : '.*/\([^/]*\)'`