diff --git a/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml b/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
index 097975e3adc26..6f49eba8f4969 100644
--- a/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-doc/cppman/metadata.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 </pkgmetadata>