diff --git a/share/man/Makefile b/share/man/Makefile
index d79fdeb42c1..e26d6115337 100644
--- a/share/man/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,8 @@ SUBDIR=	man1 man3 man4 man5 man6 man7 man8 man9
 
 MAKEWHATIS?=	makewhatis
 
-#makedb:
-#	${MAKEWHATIS} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/man
-
 makedb:
-	@echo "Makewhatis is temporaily disabled. Rewrite coming soon."
+	${MAKEWHATIS} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/man
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../Makefile.inc"
 .include <bsd.subdir.mk>