diff --git a/debian/patches/fix-example-man.patch b/debian/patches/fix-example-man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a420a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/fix-example-man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/src/libmawk/man/example.7libmawk b/src/libmawk/man/example.7libmawk
+index 2313f7f..0c65c5c 100644
+--- a/src/libmawk/man/example.7libmawk
++++ b/src/libmawk/man/example.7libmawk
+@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
+ .\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
+ .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
+ .\"
+-.TH EXAMPLE 7  2009-08-10 "libmawk" "libmawk manual"
++.TH EXAMPLE 7libmawk  2009-08-10 "libmawk" "libmawk manual"
+ .SH NAME
+-libmawk example \- how to use the library
++libmawk-example \- how to use the library
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .nf
+ .B #include <libmawk.h>
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index e69de29..727044f 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix-example-man.patch