diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
index 8c26f08c1215..0e70dcf824b9 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 all:	makewhatis
 
-obj depend rcsfreeze all:
+obj depend rcsfreeze tags all:
 	@echo -n
 
 cleandir: clean
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/man/whatis/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/man/whatis/Makefile
index 1e9c1c187df6..5ba2781c76df 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/man/whatis/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/man/whatis/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 all:	whatis whatis.1
 
-obj depend rcsfreeze all:
+obj depend rcsfreeze tags all:
 	@echo -n
 
 cleandir: clean