diff --git a/shell/Makefile.am b/shell/Makefile.am
index 8e10ce3938..cf7feafbf1 100644
--- a/shell/Makefile.am
+++ b/shell/Makefile.am
@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
 #
 # doc: Pacemaker code
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Andrew Beekhof
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 
 sbin_SCRIPTS		= crm
 
 EXTRA_DIST		= crm
 
 SUBDIRS = templates regression modules
 
 if BUILD_HELP
 man8_MANS =	crm.8
 %.8:	%
 	echo Creating $@
 	chmod a+x $<
+	PATH=$$PATH:$(top_builddir)/tools $(top_builddir)/shell/$< --help
+	PATH=$$PATH:$(top_builddir)/tools $(top_builddir)/shell/$< --version
 	PATH=$$PATH:$(top_builddir)/tools help2man --output $@ --no-info --section 8 --name "Part of the Pacemaker cluster resource manager" $(top_builddir)/shell/$<
 endif