diff --git a/security/pam-pgsql/Makefile b/security/pam-pgsql/Makefile
index 3f9f9e040729..f7688756ab5d 100644
--- a/security/pam-pgsql/Makefile
+++ b/security/pam-pgsql/Makefile
@@ -26,15 +26,12 @@ MAKE_ARGS+=	-j 2
 post-install:
 	${CAT} ${PKGMESSAGE}
 .if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
-	@${MKDIR} ${DOCDIR}
+	@${MKDIR} ${LOCALBASE}/${DOCDIR}
 	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${WRKSRC}/debian/changelog \
-		${WRKSRC}/debian/copyright ${DOCDIR}
+		${WRKSRC}/debian/copyright ${LOCALBASE}/${DOCDIR}
 
-PLIST_SUB+=	DOC=''
-DOCDIR=	${LOCALBASE}/share/doc/pam-pgsql
-
-.else
-PLIST_SUB+=	DOC='@comment '
+DOCDIR=		share/doc/pam-pgsql
+PLIST_SUB+=	DOCDIR=${DOCDIR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/pam-pgsql/pkg-plist b/security/pam-pgsql/pkg-plist
index 1bd61e594b21..a91967e2542c 100644
--- a/security/pam-pgsql/pkg-plist
+++ b/security/pam-pgsql/pkg-plist
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-%%DOC%%share/doc/pam_pgsql/README
-%%DOC%%share/doc/pam_pgsql/changelog
-%%DOC%%share/doc/pam_pgsql/copyright
-%%DOC%%@dirrm share/doc/pam_pgsql
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCDIR%%/README
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCDIR%%/changelog
+%%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCDIR%%/copyright
+%%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCDIR%%
 @cwd /usr
 lib/pam_pgsql.so