diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 842609e..b696da4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Features:
 - *On average, shotgun is more than twice as fast as maim*
 
 ## Usage
+See the man page: `docs/shotgun.1`.
 
 ```
 Usage: shotgun [options] [file]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8e78ac2..ceec72a 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
+use std::{str, env, fs};
 
 fn main() {
+    add_manpage("shotgun.1");
+        
     let git_version = Command::new("git").arg("describe").arg("--tags").output();
     if let Ok(git_version) = git_version {
         if git_version.status.success() {
@@ -10,3 +14,28 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn add_manpage(manpage: &str) {
+    let manpage_source_path = Path::new(&env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap()).join("docs/").join(manpage);
+
+    let root_path: String = match env::var("CARGO_INSTALL_ROOT") {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(_) => env::var("HOME").unwrap() + "/.cargo/",
+    };
+    let destination_path = root_path + "man/man1/";
+
+    let manpath = Command::new("manpath").output().expect("Couldn't run \"manpath\"").stdout;
+    let manpath_parsed = str::from_utf8(&manpath).unwrap(); // could next check $MANPATH, but if the manpath command
+                                                            // doesn't exsist that probably wont either. It's likely
+                                                            // they don't have man installed.
+    if !manpath_parsed.contains(&destination_path) {
+        println!("cargo:warning=Looks like \"{}\" isn't on your manpath, to see the man page please add it. See `man manpath`", destination_path);
+    }
+
+    let mut dir_builder = fs::DirBuilder::new();
+    dir_builder.recursive(true);
+    dir_builder.create(&destination_path).expect("Failed to create manpage's parent directories.");
+    fs::copy(manpage_source_path, destination_path.clone() + manpage).expect(&format!("Failed to install manpage to {}", destination_path));
+
+}
+
diff --git a/docs/shotgun.1 b/docs/shotgun.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ba2757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/shotgun.1
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.TH SHOTGUN 1 "08/31/2023" "2.5.1" "User Commands"
+.SH SHOTGUN 
+shotgun \- Minimal X screenshot utility 
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+shotgun [\fIOPTIONS\fP] [\fIFILE\fP]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+A minimal screenshot utility for X11.
+.SS SUPPORTS
+.TP
+Exporting to PNG/STDOUT
+.TP
+Masksing off-screen areas on multi-head setups
+.TP
+Selecting by window ID and geometry
+.SS OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB-i, --id\fP ID
+Window to capture
+.TP
+\fB-g, --geometry\fP WxH+X+Y
+Area to capture
+.TP
+\fB-f, --format\fP
+Either png/pam as output format
+.TP
+\fB-s, --screen\fP
+Capture the current screen
+.TP
+\fB-h, --help\fP
+Print help and exit
+.TP
+\fB-v, --version\fP
+Print version and exit
+.SH FILE
+\fIfile\fP can be either a file name of which you would like to save the image to, or when using the "-" charicter as the file name it will pipe the image to STDOUT.
+.SH AUTHOR
+neXromancers
+.SH BUGS
+Please report bugs here: https://github.com/neXromancers/shotgun/issues
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bfd04ca..ac5de40 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mod xwrap;
 use crate::xwrap::Display;
 
 fn usage(progname: &str, opts: getopts::Options) {
-    let brief = format!("Usage: {progname} [options] [file]");
+    let brief = format!("Usage: {progname} [options] [file]\nNote: use - as [file] for stdout");
     let usage = opts.usage(&brief);
     eprint!("{usage}");
 }