diff --git a/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8 b/share/man/man8/MAKEDEV.8
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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 2003, Giorgos Keramidas
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd March 25, 2003
+.Dt MAKEDEV 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm MAKEDEV
+.Nd old script for creating device nodes
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The MAKEDEV script was deprecated by
+.Xr devfs 5
+and removed from FreeBSD after
+.Xr devfs 5
+became mandatory.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr intro 4 ,
+.Xr devfs 5 ,
+.Xr intro 8 ,
+.Xr mount_devfs 8
diff --git a/share/man/man8/Makefile b/share/man/man8/Makefile
index 83de54d9d3f..6d9cab99a2b 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/Makefile
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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 # $FreeBSD$
 
-MAN=	adding_user.8 \
+MAN=	MAKEDEV.8 \
+	adding_user.8 \
 	crash.8 \
 	diskless.8 \
 	intro.8 \