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diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5222a56d162..84910fcc374 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-04-27  Alexander Klimov  <alserkli@inbox.ru>  (tiny change)
+
+        * man.el (man-mode-syntax-table): Set up `:' to have
+        word-constituent syntax.
+
 2005-04-27  Lute Kamstra  <lute@gnu.org>
 
         * novice.el (disable-command): Don't add spurious newlines to the
diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 8c384028e17..712b1f30e7f 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ Otherwise, the value is whatever the function
   (let ((table (copy-syntax-table (standard-syntax-table))))
     (modify-syntax-entry ?. "w" table)
     (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w" table)
+    (modify-syntax-entry ?: "w" table)  ; for PDL::Primitive in Perl man pages
     table)
   "Syntax table used in Man mode buffers.")