diff --git a/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl b/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
index 4633ef1d6..1049e145e 100755
--- a/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
+++ b/build-scripts/wikiheaders.pl
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@ if ((not defined $optionsfname) && (-f $default_optionsfname)) {
     $optionsfname = $default_optionsfname;
 }
 
-if (not defined $manpath) {
-    $manpath = "$srcpath/man";
-}
-
 if (defined $optionsfname) {
     open OPTIONS, '<', $optionsfname or die("Failed to open options file '$optionsfname': $!\n");
     while (<OPTIONS>) {
@@ -490,6 +486,10 @@ usage() if not defined $srcpath;
 usage() if not defined $wikipath;
 #usage() if $copy_direction == 0;
 
+if (not defined $manpath) {
+    $manpath = "$srcpath/man";
+}
+
 my @standard_wiki_sections = (
     'Draft',
     '[Brief]',