diff --git a/debian/man/teckit_compile.1 b/debian/man/teckit_compile.1
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+.TH teckit_compile "1" "2015-11-14"
+.SH NAME
+teckit_compile \- manual page for command line error at --version
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B teckit_compile
+[\fI\,-u\/\fR] [\fI\,-x\/\fR] [\fI\,-z\/\fR] \fI\,mapping_description \/\fR[\fI\,-o compiled_table\/\fR]
+.SH OPTIONS
+Required argument:
+.IP
+\fBsource\fR mapping description (.map) file
+.PP
+Optional arguments:
+.TP
+.BR \fB\-o\fR file
+output compiled table (.tec) file ("\-" for stdout)
+.TP
+.BR \fB\-u\fR
+read source text as UTF8 even if no BOM found
+.TP
+.BR \fB\-x\fR
+generate XML representation rather than compiled table
+.TP
+.BR \fB\-z\fR
+generate uncompressed table format
+.SH Further Information
+For further information see the document TECkit_version_2.1.doc.pdf found in /usr/share/doc/teckit on a Debian system.
+A description of the mapping description language used by the compiler, with examples, is found in TECkit_Language_2.1.doc.pdf.gz
diff --git a/debian/teckit.manpages b/debian/teckit.manpages
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 debian/man/sfconv.1
 debian/man/txtconv.1
+debian/man/teckit_compile.1