diff --git a/man/help2man b/man/help2man
index c2251c34e..e3e5040c3 100755
--- a/man/help2man
+++ b/man/help2man
@@ -18,30 +18,22 @@
 # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 
 # Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod@compusol.com.au>
-#        and François Pinard <pinard@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
-
-require 5.003;
 
+use 5.004;
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
-use POSIX 'strftime';
+use POSIX qw(strftime setlocale LC_TIME);
 
-my $RCS_Id = '$Id: help2man,v 1.3 1998/10/06 04:07:25 meyering Exp $';
 my $this_program = 'help2man';
-my $this_version = '0.0';
-
-if ($RCS_Id =~ /\$Id:\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/)
-{
-    $this_version = $2;
-   ($this_program = $1) =~ s/(\.\w+)?,v$//;
-}
-
+my $this_version = '1.006';
 my $version_info = <<EOT;
 $this_program $this_version
 
 Copyright (C) 1997, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+Written by Brendan O'Dea <bod\@compusol.com.au>
 EOT
 
 my $help_info = <<EOT;
@@ -53,14 +45,14 @@ Usage: $this_program [OPTION]... EXECUTABLE
   --include=FILE      include material from `FILE'
   --opt-include=FILE  include material from `FILE' if it exists
   --output=FILE       send output to `FILE'
+  --no-info           suppress pointer to Texinfo manual
   --help              print this help, then exit
   --version           print $this_program program version number, then exit
 
 EXECUTABLE should accept `--help' and `version' options.
 EOT
 
-my ($include, $opt_name, $opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_help,
-    $opt_version);
+my ($include, $opt_name, $opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_no_info);
 
 # Parse options.
 GetOptions (
@@ -68,6 +60,7 @@ GetOptions (
     'include=s'	    => \$include,
     'opt-include=s' => \$opt_include,
     'output=s'	    => \$opt_output,
+    'no-info'	    => \$opt_no_info,
     help	    => sub { print $help_info; exit },
     version	    => sub { print $version_info; exit },
 ) or die $help_info;
@@ -112,7 +105,7 @@ if ($include or $opt_include)
 	die "$this_program: no valid information found in `$include'\n"
 	    unless %include;
 
-	# Compress trailing blank lines
+	# Compress trailing blank lines.
 	for (keys %include)
 	{
 	    $include{$_} =~ s/\n+$//;
@@ -128,6 +121,9 @@ if ($include or $opt_include)
 # Turn off localisation of executable's ouput.
 @ENV{qw(LANGUAGE LANG LC_ALL)} = ('C') x 3;
 
+# Turn off localisation of date (for strftime)
+setlocale LC_TIME, 'C';
+
 # Grab help and version paragraphs from executable
 my @help = split /\n\n+/, `$ARGV[0] --help 2>/dev/null`
     or die "$this_program: can't get `--help' info from $ARGV[0]\n";
@@ -183,6 +179,9 @@ else
 
 $program =~ s!.*/!!;
 
+# no info for `info' itself
+$opt_no_info = 1 if $program eq 'info';
+
 # --name overrides --include contents
 $include{NAME} = "$program \\- $opt_name" if $opt_name;
 
@@ -228,14 +227,14 @@ for (@help)
 	    $accumulate = 0;
 	} while s/^(?:Usage|\s*or):\s+\S+\s+(.*)\n?//;
 
-	# Include file overrides SYNOPSIS
+	# Include file overrides SYNOPSIS.
 	print ".SH SYNOPSIS\n", $include{SYNOPSIS} || $synopsis;
 
 	# Dump any accumulated description text.
 	print ".SH DESCRIPTION\n";
 	print @description;
 
-	# Add additional description text from include file
+	# Add additional description text from include file.
 	if ($include{DESCRIPTION})
 	{
 	    print ".PP\n" unless $include{DESCRIPTION} =~ /^\..P/;
@@ -313,12 +312,12 @@ for (@include)
 }
 
 # Refer to the real documentation.
-if ($include{'SEE ALSO'} or $program ne 'info')
+if ($include{'SEE ALSO'} or !$opt_no_info)
 {
     print qq(.SH "SEE ALSO"\n);
     print $include{'SEE ALSO'}, ".PP\n" if $include{'SEE ALSO'};
 
-    print <<EOT unless $program eq 'info';
+    print <<EOT unless $opt_no_info;
 The full documentation for
 .B $program
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
@@ -338,16 +337,19 @@ for (@version)
 {
     chomp;
 
-    # Convert copyright symbol or (c) to nroff character
+    # Join hyphenated lines.
+    s/([A-Za-z])-\n */$1/g;
+
+    # Convert copyright symbol or (c) to nroff character.
     s/Copyright\s+(?:\xa9|\([Cc]\))/Copyright \\(co/g;
 
-    # Insert appropriate headings for copyright and author
+    # Insert appropriate headings for copyright and author.
     if    (/^Copyright\s\\/) { print ".SH COPYRIGHT\n" }
     elsif (/^Written\s+by/)  { print ".SH AUTHOR\n" }
     else		     { print ".PP\n"; }
 
     # Insert line breaks before additional copyright messages and the
-    # disclaimer
+    # disclaimer.
     s/(.)\n(Copyright\s|This is free software)/$1\n.br\n$2/g;
 
     print "$_\n";