diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index dae3174667..dba97dc21d 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ endif
#
# For docbook-xsl ...
# -1.68.1, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF? (based on changelog from 1.73.0)
-# 1.69.0-1.71.1, no extra settings are needed?
+# 1.69.0, no extra settings are needed?
+# 1.69.1-1.71.0, set DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP?
+# 1.71.1, no extra settings are needed?
# 1.72.0, set DOCBOOK_XSL_172.
# 1.73.0-, set ASCIIDOC_NO_ROFF
#
@@ -97,6 +99,9 @@ endif
ifdef MAN_BOLD_LITERAL
XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-bold-literal.xsl
endif
+ifdef DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP
+XMLTO_EXTRA += -m manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
+endif
#
# Please note that there is a minor bug in asciidoc.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
index 0d8260a842..95405907b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.3.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ Updates since v1.6.2
* Makefile learned 'coverage' option to run the test suites with
coverage tracking enabled.
+* Building the manpages with docbook-xsl between 1.69.1 and 1.71.1 now
+ requires setting DOCBOOK_SUPPRESS_SP to work around a docbook-xsl bug.
+ This workaround used to be enabled by default, but causes problems
+ with newer versions of docbook-xsl.
+
Fixes since v1.6.2
------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
index 16e2e40976..a264fa6160 100644
--- a/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
+++ b/Documentation/manpage-base.xsl
@@ -32,17 +32,4 @@
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diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a63c7632a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
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