diff --git a/ObsoleteFiles.inc b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
index db2b1aa23e3..33d21badc8c 100644
--- a/ObsoleteFiles.inc
+++ b/ObsoleteFiles.inc
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 #   xargs -n1 | sort | uniq -d;
 # done
 
+# 20170525: remove misleading template
+OLD_FILES+=usr/share/misc/man.template
 # 20170525: disconnect the roff docs from the build
 OLD_FILES+=usr/share/doc/papers/beyond43.ascii.gz
 OLD_FILES+=usr/share/doc/papers/bio.ascii.gz
diff --git a/share/misc/Makefile b/share/misc/Makefile
index 9ae988a3f7f..04277aa2bdf 100644
--- a/share/misc/Makefile
+++ b/share/misc/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 FILES=	ascii birthtoken bsd-family-tree committers-doc.dot committers-ports.dot \
 	committers-src.dot eqnchar flowers init.ee \
-	iso3166 iso639 latin1 man.template mdoc.template operator pci_vendors \
+	iso3166 iso639 latin1 mdoc.template operator pci_vendors \
 	scsi_modes \
 	organization.dot
 
diff --git a/share/misc/man.template b/share/misc/man.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 228de3d32e7..00000000000
--- a/share/misc/man.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.TH NAME SECTION local
-.SH NAME
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.SH FILES
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-.SH BUGS