diff --git a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
index 45c8b04f37e..397358febd2 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # cargo-metadata(1)
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 ## NAME
 
diff --git a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
index 5ecd04f4445..4a9d1c3b35a 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
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@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 CARGO-METADATA(1)
 
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 NAME
        cargo-metadata - Machine-readable metadata about the current package
 
diff --git a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
index 0e0edcdc405..fe1b6090448 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # cargo-metadata(1)
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 ## NAME
 
diff --git a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1 b/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
index 3c0770ab5cc..d5ccc68a08c 100644
--- a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
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 .SH "NAME"
 cargo\-metadata \- Machine\-readable metadata about the current package
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"