diff --git a/games/cowsay/Makefile b/games/cowsay/Makefile
index f9e47d76c27d..10399c04d9d8 100644
--- a/games/cowsay/Makefile
+++ b/games/cowsay/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	cowsay
 PORTVERSION=	3.04
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	cowsay-
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	games
 
 MAINTAINER=	lifanov@FreeBSD.org
@@ -27,7 +27,17 @@ post-patch:
 
 do-install:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}; ${SH} install.sh ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}
+	# The sources have not had their version updated in the last release;
+	#   normally this would be a patch (replacing the relevant "3.03" by
+	#   something like %%PORTVERSION%%) and then a substitution, but there
+	#   is no future release planned anyway.
+	${SED} -i '' 's,3\.03,${PORTVERSION}_${PORTREVISION},' ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/cowsay
+	# Since we called install.sh with a **stage** path, that is the path
+	#   that gets edited into the script and manpage; remove the stage
+	#   bit from both so that after installation cowsay uses, and the manpage
+	#   mentions, the prefix path, not the stage path.
 	@${SED} -i '' 's,${STAGEDIR},,' ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/cowsay
+	@${SED} -i '' 's,${STAGEDIR},,' ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1/cowsay.1
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/box.cow ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/cows
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/jkh.cow ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/cows
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/tux-stab.cow ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/cows