diff --git a/xorg-x11-font-utils.spec b/xorg-x11-font-utils.spec
index 4ceee54..849f524 100644
--- a/xorg-x11-font-utils.spec
+++ b/xorg-x11-font-utils.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Name: xorg-x11-%{pkgname}
 # IMPORTANT: If package ever gets renamed to something else, remove the Epoch line!
 Epoch: 1
 Version: 7.5
-Release: 20%{?dist}
+Release: 21%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: User Interface/X
 URL: http://www.x.org
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Source3: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/app/mkfontscale-%{mkfontscale}.tar.bz2
 Source4: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/font/font-util-1.3.0.tar.bz2
 # helper script used in %post for xorg-x11-fonts
 Source5: xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs
+Source6: xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1
 
 Patch2: mkfontscale-examine-all-encodings.patch
 Patch3: mkfontscale-man-page-additions.patch
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ ln -s ../X11/fonts $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/fonts/X11
 install -m 744 %{SOURCE5} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs
 sed -i "s:@DATADIR@:%{_datadir}:" ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs
 
+install -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/
+install -m 744 -p %{SOURCE6} ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1
+
 %files
 %doc README-* COPYING-bdftopcf COPYING-[c-z]*
 %{_bindir}/bdftopcf
@@ -110,8 +114,12 @@ sed -i "s:@DATADIR@:%{_datadir}:" ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/xorg-x11-fonts-upd
 %{_mandir}/man1/mkfontdir.1*
 %{_mandir}/man1/mkfontscale.1*
 %{_mandir}/man1/ucs2any.1*
+%{_mandir}/man1/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 25 2014 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1:7.5-21
+- Add a man page for xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs
+
 * Sat Jul 19 2014 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> - 1:7.5-20
 - Add a /usr/share/fonts/X11 symlink to usr/share/X11/fonts (rhbz#1046341)
 
diff --git a/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1 b/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..847f824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs.1
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+.TH XORG-X11-FONTS-UPDATE-DIRS 1 "25 July 2014"
+.SH NAME
+xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs \- update X11 font directories
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs [--skip-fontscale] [--need-ttmkfdir] path
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+The 
+.B xorg-x11-fonts-*
+rpm packages call
+.I xorg-x11-fonts-update-dirs
+during %post and %postun to update the X11 font indices.
+This script may change in incompatible ways without notice and 
+you should not run this script manually or rely on it otherwise.
+To manually update the font indices invoke 
+.B mkfontscale
+and 
+.B ttmkfdir 
+directly as required.
+.PP
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+mkfontscale(1)
+ttmkfdir(1)