diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index dbf5a0f276..a67bc04ae8 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
 ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
 ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f asciidoc.conf
 ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-		-agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION)
+		-amanversion=$(GIT_VERSION) \
+		-amanmanual='Git Manual' -amansource='Git'
 TXT_TO_HTML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML)
 TXT_TO_XML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK)
 MANPAGE_XSL = manpage-normal.xsl
diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index 2c16c536ba..8fc4b67081 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ template::[header-declarations]
 <refmeta>
 <refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
 <manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
-<refmiscinfo class="source">Git</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class="version">{git_version}</refmiscinfo>
-<refmiscinfo class="manual">Git Manual</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="source">{mansource}</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">{manversion}</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="manual">{manmanual}</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>
 <refnamediv>
   <refname>{manname}</refname>