diff --git a/src/bin/uudoc.rs b/src/bin/uudoc.rs
index a454555b3fe..689e2602073 100644
--- a/src/bin/uudoc.rs
+++ b/src/bin/uudoc.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ fn gen_manpage<T: Args>(
     args: impl Iterator<Item = OsString>,
     util_map: &UtilityMap<T>,
 ) -> ! {
+    uucore::set_utility_is_second_arg();
     let all_utilities = validation::get_all_utilities(util_map);
 
     let matches = Command::new("manpage")
diff --git a/tests/uudoc/mod.rs b/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
index fc64417e47a..4be9803b80c 100644
--- a/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/uudoc/mod.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ fn test_manpage_generation() {
     );
 
     let output_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
-    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.TH"), "{output_str}");
+    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.TH ls"), "{output_str}");
     assert!(output_str.contains('1'), "{output_str}");
+    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.SH NAME\nls"), "{output_str}");
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -57,8 +58,9 @@ fn test_manpage_coreutils() {
     );
 
     let output_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
-    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.TH"), "{output_str}");
+    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.TH coreutils"), "{output_str}");
     assert!(output_str.contains("coreutils"), "{output_str}");
+    assert!(output_str.contains("\n.SH NAME\ncoreutils"), "{output_str}");
 }
 
 #[test]