diff --git a/doc/man/ebrowse.1 b/doc/man/ebrowse.1
index f25243d06ed..3384dcba366 100644
--- a/doc/man/ebrowse.1
+++ b/doc/man/ebrowse.1
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
 .
 
 .\" Local Variables:
+.\" eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp nil t)
 .\" time-stamp-pattern: "3/.TH EBROWSE 1 \"%Y-%02m-%02d\" \"GNU Emacs\" \"GNU\"$"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/emacs.1.in b/doc/man/emacs.1.in
index d26bf944a34..b478b5196ee 100644
--- a/doc/man/emacs.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/emacs.1.in
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
 .
 
 .\" Local Variables:
+.\" eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp nil t)
 .\" time-stamp-pattern: "3/.TH EMACS 1 \"%Y-%02m-%02d\" \"GNU Emacs @version@\" \"GNU\"$"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/emacsclient.1 b/doc/man/emacsclient.1
index 55c58a67323..f5c9918be85 100644
--- a/doc/man/emacsclient.1
+++ b/doc/man/emacsclient.1
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ specific to that system.
 This manual page is in the public domain.
 
 .\" Local Variables:
+.\" eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp nil t)
 .\" time-stamp-pattern: "3/.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 \"%Y-%02m-%02d\" \"GNU Emacs\" \"GNU\"$"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/etags.1 b/doc/man/etags.1
index 55e38e08f2b..c567c51d7ef 100644
--- a/doc/man/etags.1
+++ b/doc/man/etags.1
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated
 in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
 
 .\" Local Variables:
+.\" eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp nil t)
 .\" time-stamp-pattern: "3/.TH ETAGS 1 \"%Y-%02m-%02d\" \"GNU Tools\" \"GNU\"$"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End: