in reply to Re: docs for CPAN
in thread docs for CPAN

...or run man with the -M option: man -M/usr/local/share/man 3 ABC, man -M/usr/local/share/man -s 3 ABC etc. - whichever options your system man(1) command implements in support of re-directing man(1) to an alternative location...

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))