diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index d97031d..970353a 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ sources = files(
   'toolbox.go',
   'cmd/root.go',
   'pkg/shell/shell.go',
+  'pkg/utils/utils.go',
   'pkg/version/version.go',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/utils/utils.go b/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e1f141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © 2019 – 2020 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func ShowManual(manual string) error {
+	manBinary, err := exec.LookPath("man")
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, exec.ErrNotFound) {
+			return errors.New("man(1) not found")
+		}
+
+		return errors.New("failed to lookup man(1)")
+	}
+
+	manualArgs := []string{"man", manual}
+	env := os.Environ()
+
+	stderrFd := os.Stderr.Fd()
+	stderrFdInt := int(stderrFd)
+	stdoutFd := os.Stdout.Fd()
+	stdoutFdInt := int(stdoutFd)
+	if err := syscall.Dup2(stdoutFdInt, stderrFdInt); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("failed to redirect standard error to standard output")
+	}
+
+	if err := syscall.Exec(manBinary, manualArgs, env); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("failed to invoke man(1)")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}