diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/which/which_2.21.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/which/which_2.21.bb
index a7687f6fe4..fac0fd3944 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/which/which_2.21.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/which/which_2.21.bb
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
 
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "which"
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-doc = "which.1"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[which.1] = "${mandir}/man1/which.1"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.1.bb
index 54c74e097c..54c345ea25 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/debianutils/debianutils_4.8.1.bb
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY="30"
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "add-shell installkernel remove-shell savelog tempfile which"
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-run-parts = "run-parts"
 
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-doc = "which.1"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[which.1] = "${mandir}/man1/which.1"
+
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[add-shell]="${sbindir}/add-shell"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[installkernel]="${sbindir}/installkernel"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[remove-shell]="${sbindir}/remove-shell"