diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 3a3ae6fa..32096587 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Process this file with automake to create Makefile.in
 
-MANSRC = $(shell ls *.[1-7])
+man1_MANS = $(shell ls *.1)
+man3_MANS = $(shell ls *.3)
+man5_MANS = $(shell ls *.5)
 
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in  $(MANSRC)
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in $(man1_MANS) $(man3_MANS) $(man5_MANS)
 
-man_MANS = $(MANSRC)
-EXTRA_DIST = $(MANSRC)
+EXTRA_DIST =  $(man1_MANS) $(man3_MANS) $(man5_MANS)