diff --git a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/uconv.1.in b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/uconv.1.in
index 2fa884f6254..856b4f1b086 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/uconv.1.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/uconv.1.in
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@ where
 .I hhhh
 is the hexadecimal value of the character. This is the format
 universally used to denote a Unicode codepoint in the litterature.
+.SH FILES
+.TP 15
+.B uconvmsg.dat
+Compiled resource bundle containing localized messages printed
+by
+.BR uconv .
 .SH VERSION
 @VERSION@
 .SH COPYRIGHT