diff --git a/contrib/groff/eqn/neqn.man b/contrib/groff/eqn/neqn.man
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..123a51524e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/groff/eqn/neqn.man
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.TH @G@NEQN @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
+.SH NAME
+@g@neqn \- format equations for ascii output
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B @g@neqn
+[eqn options]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B neqn
+program is actually just a shell script which invokes the
+.B eqn(1)
+command with the ascii output device.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR eqn (@MAN1EXT@)
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/groff/eqn/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/groff/eqn/Makefile
index 9eaf49728748..1e3fc8032064 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/groff/eqn/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/groff/eqn/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Makefile for eqn
 
 PROG=		eqn
+MAN1=		eqn.1 neqn.1
 SRCS=		main.cc lex.cc  box.cc limit.cc list.cc over.cc text.cc\
 		script.cc mark.cc other.cc delim.cc sqrt.cc pile.cc special.cc
 OBJS=		eqn.o
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ OBJS=		eqn.o
 LDADD+=		${LIBGROFF}
 DPADD+=		${LIBGROFF}
 
-MANDEPEND=	eqn.1
+MANDEPEND=	neqn.1 eqn.1
 CLEANFILES+=	eqn.cc eqn.tab.h neqn ${MANDEPEND}
 
 neqn: