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+.TH CHECKMODULE 8
+.SH NAME
+checkmodule \- SELinux policy module compiler
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B checkmodule
+.I "[-b] [-m] [-M] [-V] [-o output_file] [input_file]"
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+This manual page describes the
+.BR checkmodule
+command.
+.PP
+.B checkmodule
+is a program that checks and compiles a SELinux security policy module
+into a binary representation. It can generate either a base policy
+module (default) or a non-base policy module (-m option); typically,
+you would build a non-base policy module to add to an existing module
+store that already has a base module provided by the base policy. Use
+semodule_package to combine this module with its optional file
+contexts to create a policy package, and then use semodule to install
+the module package into the module store and load the resulting policy.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-b
+Read an existing binary policy module file rather than a source policy
+module file. This option is a development/debugging aid.
+.TP
+.B \-m
+Generate a non-base policy module.
+.TP
+.B \-M
+Enable the MLS/MCS support when checking and compiling the policy module.
+.TP
+.B \-V
+ Show policy versions created by this program
+.TP
+.B \-o filename
+Write a binary policy module file to the specified filename.
+Otherwise, checkmodule will only check the syntax of the module source file
+and will not generate a binary module at all.
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+# Build a MLS/MCS-enabled non-base policy module.
+$ checkmodule -M -m httpd.te -o httpd.mod
+.fi
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.B semodule(8), semodule_package(8)
+SELinux documentation at http://www.nsa.gov/selinux,
+especially "Configuring the SELinux Policy".
+
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+This manual page was copied from the checkpolicy man page
+written by Arpad Magosanyi <mag@bunuel.tii.matav.hu>,
+and edited by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>.
+The program was written by Stephen Smalley <sds@epoch.ncsc.mil>.