diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbf35bd36..78a9130a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ test-*.trs
 /man/nm-settings.xml
 /man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xml
 /man/nm-settings-keyfile.xml
+/man/common.ent
 
 /po/*.gmo
 /po/.intltool-merge-cache
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6111da89f..412061c78 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ clients/tui/newt/Makefile
 introspection/Makefile
 introspection/all.xml
 man/Makefile
+man/common.ent
 po/Makefile.in
 policy/Makefile
 policy/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy.in
diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
index 5b9cf1c0d..9ab8b5f12 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/man/Makefile.am
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ XSLTPROC_MAN_FLAGS = \
 
 if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
 
-%.1: %.xml
+%.1: %.xml common.ent
 	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc $(XSLTPROC_MAN_FLAGS) $<
 
-%.5: %.xml
+%.5: %.xml common.ent
 	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc $(XSLTPROC_MAN_FLAGS) $<
 
-%.8: %.xml
+%.8: %.xml common.ent
 	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc $(XSLTPROC_MAN_FLAGS) $<
 
 endif
@@ -41,22 +41,13 @@ NetworkManager.conf.xml: $(srcdir)/NetworkManager.conf.xml.in
 if BUILD_SETTING_DOCS
 
 nm-settings.xml: nm-settings.xsl $(top_builddir)/libnm/nm-setting-docs.xml
-	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc \
-		--output $@ \
-		--stringparam version $(NM_VERSION) \
-		$^
+	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc --output $@ $^
 
 nm-settings-keyfile.xml: nm-settings-keyfile.xsl $(top_builddir)/libnm/nm-keyfile-docs.xml
-	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc \
-		--output $@ \
-		--stringparam version $(NM_VERSION) \
-		$^
+	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc --output $@ $^
 
 nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xml: nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl $(top_builddir)/libnm/nm-ifcfg-rh-docs.xml
-	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc \
-		--output $@ \
-		--stringparam version $(NM_VERSION) \
-		$^
+	$(AM_V_GEN) xsltproc --output $@ $^
 
 CLEANFILES +=				\
 	nm-settings.xml			\
diff --git a/man/NetworkManager.xml b/man/NetworkManager.xml
index 39dfe484b..9bf71e882 100644
--- a/man/NetworkManager.xml
+++ b/man/NetworkManager.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 
 <!--
  Copyright 2005 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@
     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
     <refmiscinfo class="manual">Network management daemons</refmiscinfo>
-    <refmiscinfo class="version">1.2</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
 
   <refnamediv>
diff --git a/man/common.ent.in b/man/common.ent.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd43b8d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/common.ent.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!ENTITY NM_VERSION "@NM_VERSION@">
diff --git a/man/nm-online.xml b/man/nm-online.xml
index ff7815618..f1f7a0d4b 100644
--- a/man/nm-online.xml
+++ b/man/nm-online.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 
 <!--
   nm-online(1) manual page
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@
     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
     <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
     <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
-    <refmiscinfo class="version">1.2</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
 
   <refnamediv>
diff --git a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
index 08508d06e..ecd1e3ceb 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE stylesheet [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
@@ -12,8 +16,6 @@
       doctype-system="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
       />
 
-  <xsl:param name="version"/>
-
   <xsl:template match="nm-ifcfg-rh-docs">
     <xsl:variable name="unsupported" select="'adsl, bluetooth, ppp, pppoe, serial, generic, gsm, cdma, 802-11-olpc-mesh, wimax, vpn'"/>
     <refentry id="nm-settings-ifcfg-rh">
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
         <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
         <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
         <refmiscinfo class="manual">Configuration</refmiscinfo>
-        <refmiscinfo class="version"><xsl:value-of select="$version"/></refmiscinfo>
+        <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
       </refmeta>
       <refnamediv>
         <refname>nm-settings-ifcfg-rh</refname>
diff --git a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
index 3e83490ba..e4751b156 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings-keyfile.xsl
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE stylesheet [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
@@ -8,8 +12,6 @@
       doctype-system="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
       />
 
-  <xsl:param name="version"/>
-
   <xsl:template match="nm-keyfile-docs">
     <refentry id="nm-settings-keyfile">
       <refmeta>
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@
         <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
         <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
         <refmiscinfo class="manual">Configuration</refmiscinfo>
-        <refmiscinfo class="version"><xsl:value-of select="$version"/></refmiscinfo>
+        <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
       </refmeta>
       <refnamediv>
         <refname>nm-settings-keyfile</refname>
diff --git a/man/nm-settings.xsl b/man/nm-settings.xsl
index e29a9f646..490f1374e 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings.xsl
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE stylesheet [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
                 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 
@@ -8,8 +12,6 @@
       doctype-system="http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"
       />
 
-  <xsl:param name="version"/>
-
   <xsl:template match="nm-setting-docs">
     <refentry id="nm-settings">
       <refmeta>
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@
         <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
         <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
         <refmiscinfo class="manual">Configuration</refmiscinfo>
-        <refmiscinfo class="version"><xsl:value-of select="$version"/></refmiscinfo>
+        <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
       </refmeta>
       <refnamediv>
         <refname>nm-settings</refname>
diff --git a/man/nmcli-examples.xml b/man/nmcli-examples.xml
index 84eb2b0eb..94a13c8dd 100644
--- a/man/nmcli-examples.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli-examples.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 
 <!--
 Copyright 2013 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
@@ -17,7 +21,7 @@ Copyright 2013 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
     <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
     <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
     <refmiscinfo class="manual">Examples</refmiscinfo>
-    <refmiscinfo class="version">1.2</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
 
   <refnamediv>
diff --git a/man/nmcli.xml b/man/nmcli.xml
index 21faf1af4..324e045ec 100644
--- a/man/nmcli.xml
+++ b/man/nmcli.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 
 <!--
   nmcli(1) manual page
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@
     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
     <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
     <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
-    <refmiscinfo class="version">1.2</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
 
   <refnamediv>
diff --git a/man/nmtui.xml b/man/nmtui.xml
index e203c7d04..d92f525bc 100644
--- a/man/nmtui.xml
+++ b/man/nmtui.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version='1.0'?>
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
-        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % entities SYSTEM "common.ent" >
+%entities;
+]>
 
 <!--
   nmtui(1) manual page
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@
     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
     <refmiscinfo class="source">NetworkManager</refmiscinfo>
     <refmiscinfo class="manual">General Commands Manual</refmiscinfo>
-    <refmiscinfo class="version">1.2</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="version">&NM_VERSION;</refmiscinfo>
   </refmeta>
 
   <refnamediv>