diff --git a/devel/editline/Makefile b/devel/editline/Makefile
index 192e331144e5..c7c67a8d4a8e 100644
--- a/devel/editline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/editline/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	editline
 PORTVERSION=	1.17.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/troglobit/editline/releases/download/${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Minix editline: A free readline() for UNIX
 WWW=		https://github.com/troglobit/editline
 
 LICENSE=	BSD4CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		libtool ncurses pathfix
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-patch:
 # Rename editline.3 to libeditline.3 to avoid conflict with libedit
 	@${MV} ${WRKSRC}/man/editline.3 ${WRKSRC}/man/libeditline.3
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/editline/pkg-plist b/devel/editline/pkg-plist
index 7fdf41c2bdb0..e6a0c92a6f40 100644
--- a/devel/editline/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/editline/pkg-plist
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 include/editline.h
 lib/libeditline.a
 lib/libeditline.so
 lib/libeditline.so.1
 lib/libeditline.so.1.0.2
 libdata/pkgconfig/libeditline.pc
-man/man3/libeditline.3.gz
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/README.md
+share/man/man3/libeditline.3.gz