diff --git a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-man b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-man
index a646427dce..f2ac08c38e 100755
--- a/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-man
+++ b/Library/Contributions/cmd/brew-man
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ done
 
 if test "$1" = '--verbose' || test "$1" = '-v'
 then
-  man brew
+  man $target_file
 fi