diff --git a/doc/asn2deb.pod b/doc/asn2deb.pod
index 0baa50e..529b0a3 100644
--- a/doc/asn2deb.pod
+++ b/doc/asn2deb.pod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
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 =head1 NAME
 
 asn2deb - Create a Debian package for BER monitoring from ASN.1
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ B<W. Borgert> Author.
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 W. Borger
\ No newline at end of file
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 W. Borger
diff --git a/doc/idl2deb.pod b/doc/idl2deb.pod
index 9a43c7f..d9a703e 100644
--- a/doc/idl2deb.pod
+++ b/doc/idl2deb.pod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+=encoding utf8
 =head1 NAME
 
 idl2deb - Create a Debian package for CORBA monitoring from IDL
diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
index 363d999..2760cfa 100644
--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+=encoding utf8
 =head1 NAME
 
 wireshark - Interactively dump and analyze network traffic