diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03d6ae6cb4..d19b25a048 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ docs:
     - *configure
     - make -j${BUILD_PARALLEL_JOBS:-1} -k doc V=1
     - qpdf --check doc/arm/_build/latex/Bv9ARM.pdf
+    - find doc/man/ -maxdepth 1 -name "*.[0-9]" -exec mandoc -T lint "{}" \; | ( ! grep -v -e "skipping paragraph macro. sp after" -e "unknown font, skipping request. ft C" )
   needs:
     - job: autoreconf
       artifacts: true
diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index d363e35355..a62ca2c4cc 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ man_SUBST =							\
 .NOTPARALLEL: man
 man: Makefile $(man_MANS)
 
+doc-local: man
+
 clean-local::
 	-rm -rf $(SPHINXBUILDDIR)