diff --git a/man/asciidoc.conf b/adoc/asciidoc.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from man/asciidoc.conf
rename to adoc/asciidoc.conf
diff --git a/man/llpp.man b/adoc/llpp.adoc
similarity index 89%
rename from man/llpp.man
rename to adoc/llpp.adoc
index 0a73911..2079372 100644
--- a/man/llpp.man
+++ b/adoc/llpp.adoc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ llpp(1)
 
 == NAME
 
-llpp - a graphical PDF viewer which aims to superficially resemble less
+llpp - a graphical document pager which aims to superficially resemble less
 
 == SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ llpp [-c path] [-css path] [-dest named-dest] [-f path] [-gc] [-help|--help] [-l
 
 == DESCRIPTION
 
-*llpp* is a graphical PDF viewer that can be totally controlled without a mouse.
-Normally MuPDF (https://mupdf.com/) is used to render the document.
-The default keybindings resemble those of less(1), but can be configured by the user.
+*llpp* is a graphical document pager utilizing MuPDF
+(https://mupdf.com/) library.  The default keybindings resemble those
+of less(1), but can be configured by the user.
 
 == OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/man/llppac.man b/adoc/llppac.adoc
similarity index 100%
rename from man/llppac.man
rename to adoc/llppac.adoc
diff --git a/man/llpphtml.man b/adoc/llpphtml.adoc
similarity index 100%
rename from man/llpphtml.man
rename to adoc/llpphtml.adoc
diff --git a/build.bash b/build.bash
index 757f266..d447011 100755
--- a/build.bash
+++ b/build.bash
@@ -242,12 +242,13 @@ for target; do
                 *) die "unknown doc type";;
             esac
             for m in llpp llppac llpphtml; do
-                src=$srcd/man/$m.man
+                src=$srcd/adoc/$m.adoc
                 out=$md/$m$suf
                 conf="$srcd/man/asciidoc.conf"
                 keycmd="digest $out $src $conf"
                 cmd="a2x -D $md -d manpage -f $doct $src"
                 isfresh "$out" "$cmd$(eval $keycmd)" || {
+                    echo "$doct $src -> $out"
                     eval "$cmd || die '$cmd failed'"
                     echo "k='$cmd$(eval $keycmd)'" >"$out.past"
                 } && vecho "fresh manual pages"