Ircii-pana (BitchX) man page problems.

Well, when I do "man BitchX" i get:
BZh91AY&SY[Í»Dl_|ÿñ÷ÿÿÿÿÿÿá` N¥w×³Î$ó»¯{¶{mªÖò£54a6
©°¦¤m50ÓFG¤ÓÔõ44Ñª=54Õ44Ð ....... 4Ð
ô¦Sjiêú£Ñh4ÑMS%SÒ6©í)²i<£ÔÐýPP=@hÉb...Ð`A dÉ£&$D
(Alot of shit that is)
i downloaded bitchx with pacman -S ircii-pana
doing man -k BitchX says " nothing appropriate"[/code]

The man page is messed up: /usr/man/man1/BitchX.1.bz2.gz
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