---
name: "Pod::Perldoc::ToMan"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Perldoc::ToMan"
---

# Pod::Perldoc::ToMan(3p)

let Perldoc render Pod as man pages

## NAME

Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages

## SYNOPSIS

```
  perldoc -o man Some::Modulename
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a "plug-in" class that allows Perldoc to use Pod::Man and `"groff"` for reading Pod pages.

The following options are supported:  center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, quotes, release, section

(Those options are explained in Pod::Man.)

For example:

```
  perldoc -o man -w center:Pod Some::Modulename
```

## CAVEAT

This module may change to use a different pod-to-nroff formatter class in the future, and this may change what options are supported.

## SEE ALSO

Pod::Man, Pod::Perldoc, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff

## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

Copyright (c) 2011 brian d foy. All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2002,3,4 Sean M. Burke.  All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

## AUTHOR

Current maintainer: Mark Allen `"<mallen@cpan.org>"`

Past contributions from: brian d foy `"<bdfoy@cpan.org>"` Adriano R. Ferreira `"<ferreira@cpan.org>"`, Sean M. Burke `"<sburke@cpan.org>"`