diff --git a/installer.sh b/installer.sh
index 565c814..83e33f4 100755
--- a/installer.sh
+++ b/installer.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ do
   [ -f $existing_file ] && mv $existing_file /root/.pkg/
 done
 
+# fix version and date in man page - get version from recently installed
+VER=$(while read ver; do [ "${ver:0:6}" = 'APPVER' ] && ver=${ver#*=} && ver=${ver/\"/} && ver=${ver/\"/} && echo $ver && break;done < /usr/sbin/pkg)
+DATE="$(date '+%B %Y')"
+sed -e "s/VERSION_PLACEHOLDER/$VER/g" \
+	-e "s/DATE_PLACEHOLDER/$DATE/" \
+	< usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1 > /usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1
+
 [ -s ~/.packages/${pkgname}.files ] && echo -e "Package contents listed in ~/.packages/${pkgname}.files \n"
 
 echo -e "Setting up Pkg... \n"
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1
index ad5c119..aeb8e48 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/pkg.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.4.
-.TH PKG "1" "December 2017" "Pkg 1.9.19alpha" "User Commands"
+.TH PKG "1" "DATE_PLACEHOLDER" "Pkg VERSION_PLACEHOLDER" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 Pkg 
 .SH VERSION
-1.9.17alpha
+VERSION_PLACEHOLDER
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B pkg
 [OPTION(S)] PKGNAME|FILENAME|SEARCH