diff --git a/etc/man.conf b/etc/man.conf
index 95e38c20a2c1..b752ab4131ed 100644
--- a/etc/man.conf
+++ b/etc/man.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: man.conf,v 1.16 1999/07/26 19:31:54 tron Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: man.conf,v 1.17 1999/08/02 10:43:30 mrg Exp $
 
 # Sheer, raging paranoia...
 _version	BSD.2
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ _subdir		cat1 man1 cat8 man8 cat6 man6 cat2 man2 cat3 man3 cat4 man4 cat5 man5 c
 _suffix		.0
 _build		.0.Z		/usr/bin/zcat %s
 _build		.0.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s
-_build		.[1-9ln]	/usr/bin/nroff -S -man %s
-_build		.[1-9ln].Z	/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/nroff -S -man
-_build		.[1-9ln].gz	/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/nroff -S -man
-_build		.tbl		/usr/bin/tbl %s | /usr/bin/nroff -S -man
-_build		.tbl.Z		/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -S -man
-_build		.tbl.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -S -man
-_build		.me		/usr/bin/nroff -S -me %s 2>/dev/null | cat -S -Tascii
+_build		.[1-9ln]	/usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man %s
+_build		.[1-9ln].Z	/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man
+_build		.[1-9ln].gz	/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man
+_build		.tbl		/usr/bin/tbl %s | /usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man
+_build		.tbl.Z		/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man
+_build		.tbl.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -msafer -man
+_build		.me		/usr/bin/nroff -msafer -me %s 2>/dev/null | cat -s
 
 _crunch		.Z		/usr/bin/compress -c > %s
 _crunch		.gz		/usr/bin/gzip -c > %s