diff --git a/contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh b/contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh
index f4f569710..bb2f48f5d 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh
+++ b/contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ HUSHTX=${HUSHTX:-$SRCDIR/hush-tx}
 
 [ ! -x $HUSHD ] && echo "$HUSHD not found or not executable." && exit 1
 
+# TODO: this does not work correctly, when help2man is installed, it still fails
 # Check if help2man is installed
 # If not then display error to user and exit
-if ! command -v help2man &> /dev/null
-then
-    echo "help2man could not be found"
-    echo "Please install from your Linux package manager and try again"
-    exit
-fi
+#if ! command -v help2man &> /dev/null
+#then
+#    echo "help2man could not be found"
+#    echo "Please install from your Linux package manager and try again"
+#    echo "On Debian-based systems you can do: apt-get install help2man"
+#    exit
+#fi
 
 # use this if hushd is not running
 #HUSHVER="v3.6.2"
diff --git a/doc/man/hush-cli.1 b/doc/man/hush-cli.1
index 7c381a192..63d05ac06 100644
--- a/doc/man/hush-cli.1
+++ b/doc/man/hush-cli.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH HUSH-CLI "1" "March 2021" "hush-cli v3.7.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.13.
+.TH HUSH-CLI "1" "April 2021" "hush-cli v3.7.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-hush-cli \- manual page for hush-cli v3.7.0
+hush-cli \- manual page for hush-cli v3.7.1
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Hush RPC client version v3.7.0\-af5f461d0
+Hush RPC client version v3.7.1\-2da07fe58\-dirty
 .PP
 In order to ensure you are adequately protecting your privacy when using Hush,
 please see <https://hush.is/security/>.
diff --git a/doc/man/hush-tx.1 b/doc/man/hush-tx.1
index daba9cb8e..37c17b9b4 100644
--- a/doc/man/hush-tx.1
+++ b/doc/man/hush-tx.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH HUSH-TX "1" "March 2021" "hush-tx v3.7.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.13.
+.TH HUSH-TX "1" "April 2021" "hush-tx v3.7.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-hush-tx \- manual page for hush-tx v3.7.0
+hush-tx \- manual page for hush-tx v3.7.1
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-hush\-tx utility version v3.7.0\-af5f461d0
+hush\-tx utility version v3.7.1\-2da07fe58\-dirty
 .SS "Usage:"
 .TP
 hush\-tx [options] <hex\-tx> [commands]
diff --git a/doc/man/hushd.1 b/doc/man/hushd.1
index 5b443aab1..23959cf1b 100644
--- a/doc/man/hushd.1
+++ b/doc/man/hushd.1
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.10.
-.TH HUSHD "1" "March 2021" "hushd v3.7.0" "User Commands"
+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.13.
+.TH HUSHD "1" "April 2021" "hushd v3.7.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-hushd \- manual page for hushd v3.7.0
+hushd \- manual page for hushd v3.7.1
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Hush Daemon version v3.7.0\-af5f461d0
+Hush Daemon version v3.7.1\-2da07fe58\-dirty
 .PP
 In order to ensure you are adequately protecting your privacy when using Hush,
 please see <https://hush.is/security/>.
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ multiple times
 .HP
 \fB\-rpcthreads=\fR<n>
 .IP
-Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)
+Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: 8)
 .PP
 Metrics Options (only if \fB\-daemon\fR and \fB\-printtoconsole\fR are not set):
 .HP