diff --git a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz
index 8c3ffbccc..b6d7182cd 100644
Binary files a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz and b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz differ
diff --git a/tools/generate_man_page.sh b/tools/generate_man_page.sh
index 3449dcea8..2d5d325bb 100755
--- a/tools/generate_man_page.sh
+++ b/tools/generate_man_page.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ help2man --section 6 --no-info --include $TEMPFILE_INPUT $ESBINARY > $TEMPFILE_O
 cat $TEMPFILE_OUTPUT | sed s/"EmulationStation Desktop Edition, Emulator Front\\\-end"/""/g | \
 sed s/"Set to at least"/".br\nSet to at least"/ > $TARGET_FILENAME
 
-gzip $TARGET_FILENAME
+gzip -9 $TARGET_FILENAME
 mv ${TARGET_FILENAME}.gz ../es-app/assets/
 
 echo "The man page was generated and saved to ../es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz"