diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index 5d69ce8d6..a16e92e6b 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = es hu it pl ru sr
 SUBDIRS = $(DOC_LINGUAS)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1 mcedit.1 mcview.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = date-of-man-include.am
+
+DATE_LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y
+
+include date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/date-of-man-include.am b/doc/man/date-of-man-include.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72b2dce87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/man/date-of-man-include.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+mc.1: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/mc.1.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+	@MTM=$$(LANG=C stat -c '%y'  $(srcdir)/mc.1.in); \
+	MAN_DATE=$$(LANG=$(DATE_LANG) date -d "$${MTM}" +'$(DATE_FORMAT)'); \
+	sed -i "s/@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@/$${MAN_DATE}/" $@
+
+mcedit.1: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/mcedit.1.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+	@MTM=$$(LANG=C stat -c '%y'  $(srcdir)/mcedit.1.in); \
+	MAN_DATE=$$(LANG=$(DATE_LANG) date -d "$${MTM}" +'$(DATE_FORMAT)'); \
+	sed -i "s/@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@/$${MAN_DATE}/" $@
+
+mcview.1: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/mcview.1.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+	@MTM=$$(LANG=C stat -c '%y'  $(srcdir)/mcview.1.in); \
+	MAN_DATE=$$(LANG=$(DATE_LANG) date -d "$${MTM}" +'$(DATE_FORMAT)'); \
+	sed -i "s/@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@/$${MAN_DATE}/" $@
+
+mcserv.8: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(srcdir)/mcserv.8.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+	@MTM=$$(LANG=C stat -c '%y'  $(srcdir)/mcserv.1.in); \
+	MAN_DATE=$$(LANG=$(DATE_LANG) date -d "$${MTM}" +'$(DATE_FORMAT)'); \
+	sed -i "s/@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@/$${MAN_DATE}/" $@
diff --git a/doc/man/es/Makefile.am b/doc/man/es/Makefile.am
index 97a4afef5..e64605912 100644
--- a/doc/man/es/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/es/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ LANG=es
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B de %Y
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/es/mc.1.in b/doc/man/es/mc.1.in
index c49666645..8fa2c245e 100644
--- a/doc/man/es/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/es/mc.1.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\"	David H. Martín Alonso <dmartina@excite.com>
 .\"
 .\"TOPICS "Índice de Contenidos:"
-.TH MC 1 "Octubre de 2009" "MC Versión @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Versión @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "NOMBRE"
 mc \- Entorno visual para sistemas tipo Unix.
diff --git a/doc/man/hu/Makefile.am b/doc/man/hu/Makefile.am
index 3e437ca79..358e347e6 100644
--- a/doc/man/hu/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/hu/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ LANG=hu
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/hu/mc.1.in b/doc/man/hu/mc.1.in
index 313b75dad..634fe6c31 100644
--- a/doc/man/hu/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/hu/mc.1.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"TOPICS "Tartalomjegyzék"
-.TH MC 1 "January 2003" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "NÉV"
 mc \- Fájlkezelő Unix típusú rendszerekhez
diff --git a/doc/man/it/Makefile.am b/doc/man/it/Makefile.am
index ce692cf31..6c2ea0f28 100644
--- a/doc/man/it/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/it/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ LANG=it
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/it/mc.1.in b/doc/man/it/mc.1.in
index 414574dcd..cd4a1bfbe 100644
--- a/doc/man/it/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/it/mc.1.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .\" Prego mantenere la linea di traduzione generale (per quanto possibile).
 .\"
 .\"TOPICS "Indice degli argomenti:"
-.TH MC 1 "January 2003" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "NOME"
 mc \- interfaccia visuale per sistemi tipo Unix.
diff --git a/doc/man/mc.1.in b/doc/man/mc.1.in
index df8c2763b..89b8faf7a 100644
--- a/doc/man/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/mc.1.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"TOPICS "Topics:"
-.TH MC 1 "@MAN_DATE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "NAME"
 mc \- Visual shell for Unix\-like systems.
diff --git a/doc/man/mcedit.1.in b/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
index 97631b23d..5f0399829 100644
--- a/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/mcedit.1.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MCEDIT 1 "@MAN_DATE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MCEDIT 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .SH NAME
 mcedit \- Internal file editor of GNU Midnight Commander.
 .SH USAGE
diff --git a/doc/man/mcview.1.in b/doc/man/mcview.1.in
index b285cf3fa..13a34f1d0 100644
--- a/doc/man/mcview.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/mcview.1.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MCVIEW 1 "@MAN_DATE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MCVIEW 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .SH NAME
 mcview \- Internal file viewer of GNU Midnight Commander.
 .SH USAGE
diff --git a/doc/man/pl/Makefile.am b/doc/man/pl/Makefile.am
index de13dd9ea..dcf4d351e 100644
--- a/doc/man/pl/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/pl/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ LANG=pl
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/pl/mc.1.in b/doc/man/pl/mc.1.in
index 797435a09..0f040c7f9 100644
--- a/doc/man/pl/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/pl/mc.1.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"Przetłumaczone przez by Macieja Wojciechowskiego    wojciech@staszic.waw.pl
-.TH MC 1 "January 2003" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH NAZWA
 mc \- wizualny interpetator poleceń dla systemów Unixopodobnych
diff --git a/doc/man/ru/Makefile.am b/doc/man/ru/Makefile.am
index 5ca0e31e6..78f27b610 100644
--- a/doc/man/ru/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/ru/Makefile.am
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ LANG=ru
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
 
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/ru/mc.1.in b/doc/man/ru/mc.1.in
index ce4ff79a1..58eb16649 100644
--- a/doc/man/ru/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/ru/mc.1.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\"TOPICS "Разделы помощи:"
 .\" TODO: Перевести раздел EXTernal File System
-.TH MC "14 Июля 2010" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
+.TH MC 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "MC Version @DISTR_VERSION@" "GNU Midnight Commander"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "НАИМЕНОВАНИЕ"
 mc \- Визуальная оболочка для Unix\-подобных систем.
diff --git a/doc/man/sr/Makefile.am b/doc/man/sr/Makefile.am
index e4d029c73..f94cc2ade 100644
--- a/doc/man/sr/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/sr/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 LANG=sr
 mandir = @mandir@/$(LANG)
+
 man_MANS = mc.1
+
+CLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+
+DATE_LANG=sr_SR.UTF-8
+DATE_FORMAT=%B %Y.
+
+include ../date-of-man-include.am
diff --git a/doc/man/sr/mc.1.in b/doc/man/sr/mc.1.in
index 618e541cb..670a07e93 100644
--- a/doc/man/sr/mc.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/sr/mc.1.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"TOPICS "Теме:"
-.TH ПН 1 "јануар 2003." "ПН верзија @DISTR_VERSION@" "ГНУ\-ов поноћни наредник"
+.TH ПН 1 "@DATE_OF_MAN_PAGE@" "ПН верзија @DISTR_VERSION@" "ГНУ\-ов поноћни наредник"
 .\"SKIP_SECTION"
 .SH "НАЗИВ"
 mc \- Визуална љуска за Униксолике системе.