diff --git a/qutebrowser/__init__.py b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
index b1ed9967a..59bd0da87 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/__init__.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-"""A vim like browser based on Qt."""
+# pylint: disable=line-too-long
+
+"""A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit."""
 
 import os.path
 
@@ -28,5 +30,6 @@ __maintainer__ = __author__
 __email__ = "mail@qutebrowser.org"
 __version_info__ = (0, 0, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))
+__description__ = "A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit."
 
 basedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
diff --git a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
index 80d58d966..7c62acbc6 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py
@@ -20,18 +20,16 @@
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
+import qutebrowser
 from qutebrowser.utils.checkpyver import check_python_version
 check_python_version()
 import qutebrowser.utils.earlyinit as earlyinit
 
 
-def _parse_args():
-    """Parse command line options.
-
-    Return:
-        Argument namespace from argparse.
-    """
-    parser = ArgumentParser("usage: %(prog)s [options]")
+def get_argparser():
+    """Get the argparse parser."""
+    parser = ArgumentParser("usage: qutebrowser",
+                            description=qutebrowser.__description__)
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--confdir', help="Set config directory (empty "
                         "for no config storage)")
     parser.add_argument('-V', '--version', help="Show version and quit.",
@@ -75,13 +73,14 @@ def _parse_args():
                         "startup.", metavar=':command')
     # URLs will actually be in command
     parser.add_argument('url', nargs='*', help="URLs to open on startup.")
-    return parser.parse_args()
+    return parser
 
 
 def main():
     """Main entry point for qutebrowser."""
     earlyinit.init_faulthandler()
-    args = _parse_args()
+    parser = get_argparser()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
     earlyinit.check_pyqt_core()
     # We do this import late as we need to do the version checking first.
     # Note we may not import webkit stuff yet as fix_harfbuzz didn't run.
diff --git a/scripts/generate_doc.py b/scripts/generate_doc.py
index f097a432b..35e7ef8e0 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_doc.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_doc.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from tempfile import mkstemp
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
 
+import qutebrowser
 # We import qutebrowser.app so all @cmdutils-register decorators are run.
 import qutebrowser.app  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 import qutebrowser.commands.utils as cmdutils
@@ -183,12 +184,33 @@ def _get_command_doc(name, cmd):
     return '\n'.join(output)
 
 
-def generate_header(f):
-    """Generate an asciidoc header."""
-    f.write('= qutebrowser manpage\n')
+def generate_manpage_header(f):
+    """Generate an asciidoc header for the manpage."""
+    f.write('= qutebrowser(1)\n')
     f.write('Florian Bruhin <mail@qutebrowser.org>\n')
+    f.write(':doctype: manpage\n')
+    f.write(':man source: qutebrowser\n')
+    f.write(':man manual: qutebrowser manpage\n')
     f.write(':toc:\n')
     f.write(':homepage: http://www.qutebrowser.org/\n')
+    f.write('\n')
+
+
+def generate_manpage_name(f):
+    """Generate the NAME-section of the manpage."""
+    f.write('== NAME\n')
+    f.write('qutebrowser - {}\n'.format(qutebrowser.__description__))
+    f.write('\n')
+
+
+def generate_manpage_synopsis(f):
+    """Generate the SYNOPSIS-section of the manpage from an argparse parser.
+
+    TODO.
+    """
+    f.write('== SYNOPSIS\n')
+    f.write('FIXME\n')
+    f.write('\n')
 
 
 def generate_commands(f):
@@ -291,8 +313,10 @@ def regenerate_authors(filename):
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    with _open_file('doc/qutebrowser.asciidoc') as fobj:
-        generate_header(fobj)
+    with _open_file('doc/qutebrowser.1.asciidoc') as fobj:
+        generate_manpage_header(fobj)
+        generate_manpage_name(fobj)
+        generate_manpage_synopsis(fobj)
         generate_settings(fobj)
         generate_commands(fobj)
     regenerate_authors('README.asciidoc')
diff --git a/scripts/setupcommon.py b/scripts/setupcommon.py
index 7ba06d11f..bb86c4d91 100644
--- a/scripts/setupcommon.py
+++ b/scripts/setupcommon.py
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ def write_git_file():
 setupdata = {
     'name': 'qutebrowser',
     'version': '.'.join(map(str, _get_constant('version_info'))),
-    'description': ("A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and "
-                    "QtWebKit."),
+    'description': _get_constant('description'),
     'long_description': read_file('README.asciidoc'),
     'url': 'http://www.qutebrowser.org/',
     'requires': ['rfc6266'],