diff --git a/doc/terminator.1 b/doc/terminator.1
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+.TH TERMINATOR 1 "Jan 5, 2008"
+.SH NAME
+Terminator \- Multiple GNOME terminals in one window
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B terminator
+.RI [ options ] 
+.br
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page documents briefly the
+.B Terminator
+command.
+.PP
+\fBTerminator\fP is a program that allows users to set up flexible
+arrangements of GNOME terminals. It is aimed at those who normally 
+arrange lots of terminals near each other, but don't want to use a 
+frame based window manager.
+.SH OPTIONS
+These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
+options starting with two dashes (`-').
+A summary of options is included below.
+For a complete description, see the Info files.
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Show summary of options.
+.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-debug
+Enable debugging output
+.TP
+.B \-m, \-\-maximise
+Maximise the Terminator window when it starts
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-fullscreen
+Place the Terminator window in its fullscreen state when it starts
+.TP
+.B \-b, \-\-borderless
+Instruct the window manager not to render borders/decoration on the 
+Terminator window (good with -m)
+.TP
+.B \-p \-\-profile=PROFILE
+Loads the GNOME Terminal profile named PROFILE
+b, \-\-borderless
+Instruct the window manager not to render borders/decoration on the 
+Terminator window (good with -m)
+.TP
+.B \-p \-\-profile=PROFILE
+Loads the GNOME Terminal profile named PROFILE
+.TP
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR gnome-terminal(1),
+.SH AUTHOR
+Terminator was written by Chris Jones <cmsj@tenshu.net>
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Chris Jones <cmsj@tenshu.net>
+for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a90913b..8db90920 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ setup(name='Terminator',
       scripts=['terminator'],
       data_files=[
                   ('share/applications', ['terminator.desktop']),
+                  ('share/man/man1', ['doc/terminator.1']),
                  ],
       cmdclass={'install_data': InstallData}
      )