diff --git a/lib/descr/fe b/lib/descr/fe
index b7a07cdc4..189701c96 100644
--- a/lib/descr/fe
+++ b/lib/descr/fe
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ name cem
 	callname cc
 end
 name pc
-	from .p
+	from .p.pas
 	to .k
 	program {EM}/lib/ack/em_pc
 	mapflag -L PC_F={PC_F?} -L
diff --git a/util/ack/ack.1.X b/util/ack/ack.1.X
index 8ea920586..4d1e0d6af 100644
--- a/util/ack/ack.1.X
+++ b/util/ack/ack.1.X
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ finally combining the results into a single file.
 .PP
 Different machines can use different suffices,
 but the following are recognized by most machines:
-.IP .p
+.IP ".p .pas"
 Pascal program.
 .IP .c
 C module.
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ l l l l.
 input:name:output:description
 \&.f:f77:.c:Fortran-to-C front end
 \&.c:cem:.k:C front end [4,5,6]
-\&.p:pc:.k:Pascal front end [2,3,6]
+\&.p .pas:pc:.k:Pascal front end [2,3,6]
 \&.b:basic:.k:Basic front end [6,8]
 \&.ocm:ocm:.k:Occam front end [9]
 \&.mod:m2:.k:Modula-2 front end [11]