diff --git a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
index 326736f..fd8b0ba 100644
--- a/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
+++ b/doc/NERD_commenter.txt
@@ -1290,6 +1290,7 @@ Pascal Brueckner                    mailcap
 Jerónimo Carballo                   stata
 Phillip Kovalev                     xquery
 Bernhard Grotz                      potwiki
+sgronblo                            man
 
 ==============================================================================
 8. License                                                    *NERDComLicense*
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
index 41a3203..d82fe5c 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_commenter.vim
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ function s:SetUpForNewFiletype(filetype, forceReset)
         call s:MapDelimiters('#','')
     elseif a:filetype == "make"
         call s:MapDelimiters('#','')
+    elseif a:filetype == "man"
+        call s:MapDelimiters('."', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "map"
         call s:MapDelimiters('%', '')
     elseif a:filetype == "maple"