diff --git a/common/Make.rules b/common/Make.rules
index 75bcae280..d011605e9 100644
--- a/common/Make.rules
+++ b/common/Make.rules
@@ -206,29 +206,8 @@ install_manpages: $(MANPAGES)
 
 MAN_RELEASE="AppArmor ${VERSION}"
 
-%.1: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=1 > $@
-
-%.2: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=2 > $@
-
-%.3: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=3 > $@
-
-%.4: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=4 > $@
-
-%.5: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=5 > $@
-
-%.6: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=6 > $@
-
-%.7: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=7 > $@
-
-%.8: %.pod
-	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --section=8 > $@
+%.1 %.2 %.3 %.4 %.5 %.6 %.7 %.8: %.pod
+	$(POD2MAN) $< --release=$(MAN_RELEASE) --center=AppArmor --stderr --section=$(subst .,,$(suffix $@)) > $@
 
 %.1.html: %.pod
 	$(POD2HTML) --header --css apparmor.css --infile=$< --outfile=$@
diff --git a/utils/aa-exec.pod b/utils/aa-exec.pod
index 496468cfe..84f96ba92 100644
--- a/utils/aa-exec.pod
+++ b/utils/aa-exec.pod
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ arguments after the -- are treated as arguments of the command.  This is
 useful when passing arguments to the I<E<lt>commandE<gt>> being invoked by
 aa-exec.
 
+=back
+
 =head1 BUGS
 
 If you find any bugs, please report them at