diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
index cd4209655..5bcc4c9ce 100644
--- a/man7/man-pages.7
+++ b/man7/man-pages.7
@@ -391,6 +391,17 @@ ordered by section number and
 then alphabetically by name, possibly followed by
 other related pages or documents.
 Do not terminate this with a period.
+.IP
+Where the SEE ALSO list contains many long manual page names,
+to improve the visual result of the output, it may be useful to employ the
+.I .ad l
+(don't right justify)
+and
+.I .nh
+(dont hyphenate)
+directives.
+Hyphenation of individual page names can be prevented 
+by preceding words with the string "\\%".
 .SS Font conventions
 .PP
 For functions, the arguments are always specified using italics,