diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f4320d40b..0a9ff0e29 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ When you use GDS to evaluate Scheme code from Emacs, you can now use
 `C-u' to indicate that you want to single step through that code. See
 `Evaluating Scheme Code' in the manual for more details.
 
+** New "guile(1)" man page!
+
 * Changes to the distribution
 
 ** Automake's `AM_MAINTAINER_MODE' is no longer used
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 599af2ba9..4581a7291 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
 SUBDIRS = ref tutorial goops r5rs
 
-# pending the papers from Robert Merkel
-# man_MANS = guile.1
+dist_man1_MANS = guile.1
 
 EXAMPLE_SMOB_FILES = \
     ChangeLog-2008 Makefile README image-type.c image-type.h myguile.c
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ dist-hook:
 
 EXTRA_DIST = groupings.alist ChangeLog-2008 # guile-api.alist
 
-# pending the papers from Robert Merkel
-# EXTRA_DIST = guile.1
-
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/maintainer-dirs
 guile-api.alist: guile-api.alist-FORCE
 	( cd $(top_builddir) ; $(mscripts)/update-guile-api.alist )