diff --git a/tools/build/makeshorewall b/tools/build/makeshorewall
index 8af7a2abf..1c1b073d0 100755
--- a/tools/build/makeshorewall
+++ b/tools/build/makeshorewall
@@ -330,10 +330,11 @@ if [ -n "${BUILDTARBALL}${BUILDRPM}" ]; then
 
     if [ -n "$MANPAGETAG" ]; then
 	cd $SHOREWALLDIR
+	progress_message "Exporting $MANPAGETAG from SVN..."
 	do_or_die "svn export --non-interactive --force https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/$MANPAGETAG manpages >> $LOGFILE 2>&1"
 	cd manpages
 	for file in *.xml; do
-	    docbook2xml $file
+	    docbook2man $file
 	done
 	rm *.xml
 	cd $DIR