diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1 b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
index 5c9df08fd290..377115fafbc2 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/mail.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)mail.1	8.8 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 29, 2004
+.Dd January 5, 2006
 .Dt MAIL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1208,6 +1208,8 @@ command and the
 escape.
 A default shell is used if this option is
 not defined.
+.It Ev TMPDIR
+Pathname of the directory used for creating temporary files.
 .It Ev VISUAL
 Pathname of the text editor to use in the
 .Ic visual