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diff --git a/exman.sh b/exman.sh
index 5077c34..9b6777d 100644
--- a/exman.sh
+++ b/exman.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,33 @@ for sect in "${MANPATH}"/man*/; do
 	MANSECT="${MANSECT:-}${MANSECT:+:}${sect}"
 done
 
-exec man "$@"
+# macOS man(1) refuses to search in directories such as "man3p", so do it
+# manually here unless there are other flags passed.
+hack() {
+	case "${1:-}" in
+		(-*) exec man "$@";;
+		([0-9]*) MANSECT=$1; shift;;
+	esac
+	[ $# -gt 0 ] || die 'What manual page do you want?'
+	for page in "$@"; do
+		found=0
+		IFS=:
+		for sect in $MANSECT; do
+			path="${MANPATH}/man${sect}/${page}"
+			for ext in ".${sect}" ".${sect}.gz"; do
+				[ -f "${path}${ext}" ] || continue
+				man "${path}${ext}"
+				found=1
+				break
+			done
+			[ $found -eq 0 ] || break
+		done
+		[ $found -ne 0 ] || die "No manual entry for ${page}"
+	done
+}
+
+if [ "$(uname)" = 'Darwin' ]; then
+	hack "$@"
+else
+	exec man "$@"
+fi
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