diff --git a/man.changes b/man.changes
index 290403d..cf04c50 100644
--- a/man.changes
+++ b/man.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 12 11:33:08 UTC 2013 - mvyskocil@suse.com
+
+- Recommends groff-full to reduce dependencies (bnc#839717) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 17 09:23:47 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/man.spec b/man.spec
index 6f23d91..3c04b38 100644
--- a/man.spec
+++ b/man.spec
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ PreReq:         coreutils fillup
 Provides:       man_db
 Requires:       glibc-locale
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1300
-Requires:       groff-full
-%else
-Requires:       groff >= 1.18
+Recommends:     groff-full
 %endif
+Requires:       groff >= 1.18
 Requires:       less
 Source:         http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/man-db/man-db-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:        sysconfig.cron-man