diff --git a/icu4c/debian/rules b/icu4c/debian/rules
index 12ac6c2074f..0dc3f83bb3e 100755
--- a/icu4c/debian/rules
+++ b/icu4c/debian/rules
@@ -190,8 +190,7 @@ binary-arch: build install
 	dh_installcron
 	dh_installmanpages -picu
 	dh_installinfo
-	dh_undocumented -picu genccode.8 gennorm.8 \
-	    genprops.8 gentz.8 pkgdata.8
+	dh_undocumented -picu gennorm.8 genprops.8 gentz.8 pkgdata.8
 	dh_installchangelogs 
 	dh_link
 	dh_strip
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/Makefile.in
index 8102e6ae847..2538535bdd3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/Makefile.in
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ include @platform_make_fragment@
 ## Build directory information
 subdir = tools/genccode
 
+##
+
+SECTION = 8
+
+MANX_FILES = $(TARGET).$(SECTION)
+
+ALL_MAN_FILES = $(MANX_FILES)
+
 ## Extra files to remove for 'make clean'
 CLEANFILES = *~ $(DEPS) $(RES_FILES) $(TEST_FILES)
 
@@ -41,7 +49,7 @@ DEPS = $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
 ## List of phony targets
 .PHONY : all all-local install install-local clean clean-local		\
 distclean distclean-local dist dist-local check	\
-check-local
+check-local install-man install-manx
 
 ## Clear suffix list
 .SUFFIXES :
@@ -54,12 +62,22 @@ distclean : distclean-local
 dist: dist-local
 check: all check-local
 
-all-local: $(TARGET) $(RES_FILES) $(TRANSLIT_RES) $(TEST_FILES)
+all-local: $(TARGET) $(RES_FILES) $(TRANSLIT_RES) $(TEST_FILES) $(ALL_MAN_FILES)
 
-install-local: all-local
+install-local: all-local install-man
 	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
 	$(INSTALL) $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$(TARGET)
 
+# man page
+install-man: install-manx
+install-manx: $(MANX_FILES)
+	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man$(SECTION)
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $? $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man$(SECTION)
+
+%.$(SECTION): $(srcdir)/%.$(SECTION).in
+	cd $(top_builddir) \
+	 && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
+
 dist-local:
 
 clean-local:
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdb2d85e174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/genccode/genccode.8.in
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.\" Hey, Emacs! This is -*-nroff-*- you know...
+.\"
+.\" genccode.8: manual page for the gennames utility
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.
+.\"
+.TH GENCCODE 8 "19 November 2001" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
+.SH NAME
+.B genccode
+\- generate C code from an ICU data file
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B genccode
+[
+.BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
+]
+[
+.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
+]
+[
+.IR filename " .\|.\|."
+]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B genccode
+reads each of the supplied
+.I filename
+and writes out a C file containing a compilable definition of the data in
+the data file.
+The C file name is made by taking the base name of the data
+.IR filename ,
+replacing dots by underscores, and adding a
+.I .c
+file extension.
+.PP
+If
+.B genccode
+is called with no
+.I filename
+it terminates gracefully.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.BR \-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help
+Print help about usage and exit.
+.TP
+.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
+Set the destination directory to
+.IR destination .
+The default destination directory is the current directory.
+.SH VERSION
+@VERSION@
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright (C) 2000-2001 IBM, Inc. and others.
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/Makefile.in
index f4caf3d310c..b8677ff7a65 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/Makefile.in
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ DEPS = $(OBJECTS:.o=.d)
 ## List of phony targets
 .PHONY : all all-local install install-local clean clean-local\
 distclean distclean-local dist dist-local check	\
-check-local build-data install-man
+check-local build-data install-man install-manx
 
 ## Clear suffix list
 .SUFFIXES :
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ check: all check-local
 
 all-local: $(TARGET) $(ALL_MAN_FILES)
 
-install-local: all-local build-data
+install-local: all-local build-data install-man
 	$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)
 	$(INSTALL) $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/$(TARGET)
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/gennames.8.in b/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/gennames.8.in
index 477073e6e00..111de364feb 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/gennames.8.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/gennames/gennames.8.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.
 .\"
-.TH GENRB 8 "13 November 2001" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
+.TH GENNAMES 8 "13 November 2001" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
 .SH NAME
 .B gennames
 \- compile Unicode code points names into a data file
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .IR filename
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.B genrb
+.B gennames
 reads the Unicode character database from
 .I filename
 and produce the file