diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ hg.1.gendoc.txt: ../mercurial/commands.p
 	python gendoc.py > $@
 
 %: %.xml
-	xmlto man $*.xml
+	xmlto man $*.xml ; \
+	sed -e 's/^\.hg/\\\&.hg/' $* > $*~ ; \
+	mv $*~ $*
 
 %.xml: %.txt
 	asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook $*.txt
diff --git a/doc/hgignore.5.txt b/doc/hgignore.5.txt
--- a/doc/hgignore.5.txt
+++ b/doc/hgignore.5.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Here is an example ignore file.
   *.elc
   *.pyc
   *~
-  .*.swp
 
   # switch to regexp syntax.
   syntax: regexp