diff --git a/Formula/emacs.rb b/Formula/emacs.rb
index 48c82feb78..99ef49c0fa 100644
--- a/Formula/emacs.rb
+++ b/Formula/emacs.rb
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ class Emacs < Formula
     end
   end
 
+  plist_options :manual => "emacs start"
+
   def plist; <<-EOS.undent
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">