diff --git a/etc/Makefile b/etc/Makefile
index 7340a35a5fa..de9038fce1e 100644
--- a/etc/Makefile
+++ b/etc/Makefile
@@ -365,7 +365,19 @@ MTREES+=	mtree/BSD.sendmail.dist		/
 MTREES+=	../${mtree}			/
 .endfor
 
-distrib-dirs: ${MTREES:N/*}
+# Clean up some directories that where mistakenly created as files that
+# should not have been as part of the nvi update in r281994.
+# This should be removed after 11.0-RELEASE.
+DISTRIB_CLEANUP_SHARE_FILES=	${SHAREDIR}/doc/usd/10.exref ${SHAREDIR}/doc/usd/11.edit
+DISTRIB_CLEANUP_SHARE_FILES+=	${SHAREDIR}/doc/usd/12.vi ${SHAREDIR}/doc/usd/13.viref
+distrib-cleanup: .PHONY
+	for file in ${DISTRIB_CLEANUP_SHARE_FILES}; do \
+		if [ -f ${DESTDIR}/$${file} ]; then \
+			rm -f ${DESTDIR}/$${file}; \
+		fi; \
+	done
+
+distrib-dirs: ${MTREES:N/*} distrib-cleanup .PHONY
 	@set ${MTREES}; \
 	while test $$# -ge 2; do \
 		m=${.CURDIR}/$$1; \
diff --git a/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist b/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
index 0dd1ea44d1e..e510d10db2f 100644
--- a/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
+++ b/etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist
@@ -286,6 +286,14 @@
                 ..
                 07.mail
                 ..
+                10.exref
+                ..
+                11.edit
+                ..
+                12.vi
+                ..
+                13.viref
+                ..
                 18.msdiffs
                 ..
                 19.memacros