diff --git a/dpkg.changes b/dpkg.changes
index 932a38f..9d3fbb8 100644
--- a/dpkg.changes
+++ b/dpkg.changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
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-Tue Jun  8 11:37:06 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
+Thu Jun 10 10:36:50 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
 
+- do not include update-alternative manpages in dpkg
 - use-clamp-from-C-STD-library.patch: removed, upstreamed
 
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diff --git a/dpkg.spec b/dpkg.spec
index 2da7bc1..670aaf2 100644
--- a/dpkg.spec
+++ b/dpkg.spec
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ exit 0
 %license COPYING
 %doc ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS doc/triggers.txt NEWS README* THANKS TODO debian/changelog
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man*/update-alternatives*
 %exclude %{_datadir}/doc/dpkg/*.txt
 %exclude %{_datadir}/doc/dpkg/README*
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/dpkg