diff --git a/doc/man/ebrowse.1 b/doc/man/ebrowse.1
index 312947c2e99..8c96088e5ae 100644
--- a/doc/man/ebrowse.1
+++ b/doc/man/ebrowse.1
@@ -101,6 +101,6 @@ 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-pattern: "^\\.TH [^ ]+ [^ ]+ \"?%Y-%m-%d\\_>"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/emacs.1.in b/doc/man/emacs.1.in
index bbd8b552a9a..bd8d6ed9835 100644
--- a/doc/man/emacs.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/emacs.1.in
@@ -685,6 +685,6 @@ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 
 .\" 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-pattern: "^\\.TH [^ ]+ [^ ]+ \"?%Y-%m-%d\\_>"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/emacsclient.1 b/doc/man/emacsclient.1
index 0174b27e3e4..0b338ae155c 100644
--- a/doc/man/emacsclient.1
+++ b/doc/man/emacsclient.1
@@ -194,6 +194,6 @@ 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-pattern: "^\\.TH [^ ]+ [^ ]+ \"?%Y-%m-%d\\_>"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End:
diff --git a/doc/man/etags.1 b/doc/man/etags.1
index 5c416a17f43..3921a60361b 100644
--- a/doc/man/etags.1
+++ b/doc/man/etags.1
@@ -329,6 +329,6 @@ 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-pattern: "^\\.TH [^ ]+ [^ ]+ \"?%Y-%m-%d\\_>"
 .\" time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC0"
 .\" End: