### SYNOPSIS
###
-### mdw_MANEXT
+### mdw_MANEXT(DFLT)
###
### DESCRIPTION
###
# serial 1
AC_DEFUN([mdw_MANEXT], [
AC_ARG_WITH([man-ext],
-[ --with-man-ext=EXT give manpages the EXT extension (e.g., foo.3EXT)],
-[manext=$withval], [manext=mLib])
+[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-man-ext=EXT],
+ [give manpages the EXT extension (e.g., foo.3EXT)])],
+[manext=$withval], [manext="$1"])
AC_SUBST(manext)])