diff --git a/util/pod2man.pl b/util/pod2man.pl
index 657e4e264..546d1ec18 100755
--- a/util/pod2man.pl
+++ b/util/pod2man.pl
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ if ($name ne 'something') {
 	    }
 	    next if /^=cut\b/;	# DB_File and Net::Ping have =cut before NAME
 	    next if /^=pod\b/;  # It is OK to have =pod before NAME
+	    next if /^=for\s+comment\b/;  # It is OK to have =for comment before NAME
 	    die "$0: Invalid man page - 1st pod line is not NAME in $ARGV[0]\n" unless $lax;
 	}
 	die "$0: Invalid man page - no documentation in $ARGV[0]\n" unless $lax;