diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile
index f7eefbc3d7a4..a34dcdfc692e 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/Makefile
+++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 #MISSING: dump.5 plot.5
 MAN5=	a.out.5 acct.5 core.5 devfs.5 dir.5 disktab.5 ethers.5 fs.5 fbtab.5 \
-	fdesc.5 forward.5 fstab.5 group.5 hosts.5 link.5 kernfs.5 motd.5 \
-	networks.5 passwd.5 pbm.5 phones.5 \
+	fdesc.5 forward.5 fstab.5 group.5 hosts.5 intro.5 link.5 kernfs.5 \
+	motd.5 networks.5 passwd.5 pbm.5 phones.5 \
 	printcap.5 procfs.5 protocols.5 remote.5 resolver.5 services.5 \
 	shells.5 stab.5 sysconfig.5 types.5 utmp.5 hosts.equiv.5 hosts.lpd.5
 MLINKS=	fs.5 inode.5 utmp.5 wtmp.5 utmp.5 lastlog.5 dir.5 dirent.5 \
diff --git a/share/man/man5/intro.5 b/share/man/man5/intro.5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f880f1e42c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/man/man5/intro.5
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
+.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"	$Id$
+.\"
+.Dd Februar 16, 1997
+.Dt INTRO 5
+.Os FreeBSD 2.2
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm intro
+.Nd "introduction to file formats"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This section contains information about file formats.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
+.Xr intro 1 ,
+.Xr intro 8
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/shells -compact
+.It Pa /etc
+location of most system configuration files
+.El
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm intro
+section manual page appeared in
+.Fx 2.2 .