diff --git a/contrib/man/md/md2man-all.sh b/contrib/man/md/md2man-all.sh
index f33557934c..def876f47a 100755
--- a/contrib/man/md/md2man-all.sh
+++ b/contrib/man/md/md2man-all.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ for FILE in *.md; do
 	base="$(basename "$FILE")"
 	name="${base%.md}"
 	num="${name##*.}"
-	if [ -z "$num" -o "$base" = "$num" ]; then
+	if [ -z "$num" -o "$name" = "$num" ]; then
 		# skip files that aren't of the format xxxx.N.md (like README.md)
 		continue
 	fi