diff --git a/graphics/openexr/Makefile b/graphics/openexr/Makefile
--- a/graphics/openexr/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/openexr/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS?=	help2man:misc/help2man
 # exact libImath version required to avoid hard-to-debug issues
 LIB_DEPENDS?=	libImath-3_1.so.29:math/Imath \
 		libdeflate.so:archivers/libdeflate
@@ -69,13 +68,14 @@
 		VER=${_VER} \
 		REL=${_REL}
 
-PORTDOCS=	*
 PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 
 .if !defined(MASTERDIR)
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EXAMPLES MANPAGES
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
-DOCS_CMAKE_BOOL=OPENEXR_INSTALL_DOCS INSTALL_DOCS
+MANPAGES_CMAKE_BOOL=OPENEXR_INSTALL_DOCS
+MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 
 _DOCSRCDIR1=	${WRKSRC}
 _DOC_FILES1=	CHANGES.md CONTRIBUTING.md GOVERNANCE.md LICENSE.md SECURITY.md \
diff --git a/graphics/openexr/pkg-plist b/graphics/openexr/pkg-plist
--- a/graphics/openexr/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/openexr/pkg-plist
@@ -180,15 +180,15 @@
 lib/libOpenEXRUtil-%%MAJORVER%%.so.%%VER%%.%%REL%%
 lib/libOpenEXRUtil.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/OpenEXR.pc
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exr2aces.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrcheck.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrenvmap.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrheader.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrinfo.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmakepreview.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmaketiled.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmanifest.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmetrics.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmultipart.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrmultiview.1.gz
-%%DOCS%%share/man/man1/exrstdattr.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exr2aces.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrcheck.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrenvmap.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrheader.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrinfo.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmakepreview.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmaketiled.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmanifest.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmetrics.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmultipart.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrmultiview.1.gz
+%%MANPAGES%%share/man/man1/exrstdattr.1.gz