---
 src/man.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- src/man.c
+++ src/man.c	2018-11-23 13:08:52.119497206 +0000
@@ -2020,7 +2020,9 @@ static void format_display (pipeline *de
 				error (CHILD_FAIL, 0,
 				       "no browser configured, so cannot show "
 				       "HTML output");
-		}
+		} else if (!disp_status)
+			sleep (5);	/* firefox runs into background to fast */
+
 		free (browser_list);
 		if (remove_directory (htmldir, 0) == -1)
 			error (0, errno, _("can't remove directory %s"),