diff --git a/etc/freebsd-update.conf b/etc/freebsd-update.conf
index b46aefcc7bd6..309e84e9db15 100644
--- a/etc/freebsd-update.conf
+++ b/etc/freebsd-update.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Components src world kernel
 # statement will be ignored.
 IgnorePaths
 
+# Paths which start with anything matching an entry in an IDSIgnorePaths
+# statement will be ignored by "freebsd-update IDS".
+IDSIgnorePaths /usr/share/man/cat
+
 # Paths which start with anything matching an entry in an UpdateIfUnmodified
 # statement will only be updated if the contents of the file have not been
 # modified by the user (unless changes are merged; see below).