Index: setup.py
--- setup.py.orig
+++ setup.py
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ for (pos, arg) in enumerate(args):
         # hack hack hack hack hack hack hack
         datadir = args[pos + 1]
 
-DOCDIR = os.path.join('share','doc','getmail-%s' % __version__)
+DOCDIR = os.path.join('share','doc','getmail')
 GETMAILDOCDIR = os.path.join(datadir or prefix, DOCDIR)
 
-MANDIR = os.path.join('share','man','man1')
+MANDIR = os.path.join('man','man1')
 GETMAILMANDIR = os.path.join( datadir or prefix, MANDIR)
 
 if '--show-default-install-dirs' in args: