diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.1 b/usr.bin/man/man.1
index 06ed24e6b396..58f43e5864e7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.1
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.1
@@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ will search the following paths when considering section 4 manual pages in
 .It
 .Pa /usr/share/man/man4
 .El
+.Ss Displaying Specific Manual Files
+The
+.Nm
+utility also supports displaying a specific manual page if passed a path
+to the file as long as it contains a
+.Sq /
+character.
 .Sh ENVIRONMENT
 The following environment variables affect the execution of
 .Nm :
diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.sh b/usr.bin/man/man.sh
index cca7638cf082..454a3c31379f 100755
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.sh
@@ -356,6 +356,20 @@ man_display_page() {
 man_find_and_display() {
 	local found_page locpath p path sect
 
+	# Check to see if it's a file. But only if it has a '/' in
+	# the filename.
+	case "$1" in
+	*/*)	if [ -f "$1" -a -r "$1" ]; then
+			decho "Found a usable page, displaying that"
+			found_page=yes
+			unset use_cat
+			manpage="$1"
+			man_display_page
+			return
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+
 	IFS=:
 	for sect in $MANSECT; do
 		decho "Searching section $sect" 2