diff --git a/httpd.spec b/httpd.spec
index e6307d0..c77c6c3 100644
--- a/httpd.spec
+++ b/httpd.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary: Apache HTTP Server
 Name: httpd
 Version: 2.4.18
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 URL: http://httpd.apache.org/
 Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: index.html
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.httpd
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  6 2016 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.18-5
+- use redirects for lang-specific /manual/ URLs
+
 * Fri Mar 18 2016 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> - 2.4.18-4
 - fix welcome page HTML validity (Ville Skyttä)
 
diff --git a/manual.conf b/manual.conf
index d09757d..3aa2049 100644
--- a/manual.conf
+++ b/manual.conf
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # This configuration file allows the manual to be accessed at 
 # http://localhost/manual/
 #
-AliasMatch ^/manual(?:/(?:de|en|fr|ja|ko|ru))?(/.*)?$ "/usr/share/httpd/manual$1"
+Alias /manual /usr/share/httpd/manual
 
 <Directory "/usr/share/httpd/manual">
     Options Indexes
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
+
+    RedirectMatch 301 ^/manual/(?:da|de|en|es|fr|ja|ko|pt-br|ru|tr|zh-cn)(/.*)$ "/manual$1
 </Directory>