diff --git a/usr.sbin/accton/Makefile b/usr.sbin/accton/Makefile
index 15152a63765b..8e3f3369c380 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/accton/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/accton/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #	@(#)Makefile	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 
 PROG=	accton
-NOMAN=	noman
+MAN8=	accton.8
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8 b/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00c8fa785eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr.sbin/accton/accton.8
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+.TH ACCTON 1 "21 May 1993"
+.SH NAME
+.\" accton \- system accounting
+accton \- system accounting
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+accton [\fIfile\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B accton
+is a command for switching system accounting on or off.
+If called with \fIfile\fR system accounting is turned on and
+for every executed command a record is stored in \fIfile\fR.
+If called without an argument accounting is turned off.
+
+.SH FILES
+.TP 20
+/var/account/*
+normal place for the accounting files.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+
+.IR acct (2),
+.IR sa (8).
+