diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/man.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/man.rb
index 208c07d47e..e8ac66fd07 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/man.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/man.rb
@@ -25,15 +25,12 @@ module Homebrew
       puts "Writing HTML fragments to #{DOC_PATH}"
       puts "Writing manpages to #{TARGET_PATH}"
 
-      target_file = nil
       Dir["#{SOURCE_PATH}/*.md"].each do |source_file|
         target_html = DOC_PATH/"#{File.basename(source_file, ".md")}.html"
         safe_system "ronn --fragment --pipe --organization='Homebrew' --manual='brew' #{source_file} > #{target_html}"
         target_man = TARGET_PATH/File.basename(source_file, ".md")
         safe_system "ronn --roff --pipe --organization='Homebrew' --manual='brew' #{source_file} > #{target_man}"
       end
-
-      system "man", target_file if ARGV.flag? "--verbose"
     end
   end
 end