diff --git a/release/update-manpages b/release/update-manpages
index d619cf0b..739cedb1 100755
--- a/release/update-manpages
+++ b/release/update-manpages
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ def main(argv):
     with multiprocessing.Pool() as pool:
       pool.map(partial(worker, cwd=tempdir, check=True), cmdlist)
 
-  regex = (
-      (r'(It was generated by help2man) [0-9.]+', '\g<1>.'),
-      (r'^\.IP\n(.*:)\n', '.SS \g<1>\n'),
-      (r'^\.PP\nDescription', '.SH DETAILS'),
-  )
   for tmp_path in MANDIR.glob('*.1.tmp'):
     path = tmp_path.parent / tmp_path.stem
     old_data = path.read_text() if path.exists() else ''
@@ -95,8 +90,7 @@ def main(argv):
     data = tmp_path.read_text()
     tmp_path.unlink()
 
-    for pattern, replacement in regex:
-      data = re.sub(pattern, replacement, data, flags=re.M)
+    data = replace_regex(data)
 
     # If the only thing that changed was the date, don't refresh.  This avoids
     # a lot of noise when only one file actually updates.
@@ -106,5 +100,25 @@ def main(argv):
       path.write_text(data)
 
 
+def replace_regex(data):
+  """Replace semantically null regexes in the data.
+
+  Args:
+    data: manpage text.
+
+  Returns:
+    Updated manpage text.
+  """
+  regex = (
+      (r'(It was generated by help2man) [0-9.]+', '\g<1>.'),
+      (r'^\033\[[0-9;]*m([^\033]*)\033\[m', '\g<1>'),
+      (r'^\.IP\n(.*:)\n', '.SS \g<1>\n'),
+      (r'^\.PP\nDescription', '.SH DETAILS'),
+  )
+  for pattern, replacement in regex:
+    data = re.sub(pattern, replacement, data, flags=re.M)
+  return data
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
diff --git a/tests/test_update_manpages.py b/tests/test_update_manpages.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0ef72af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_update_manpages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# 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.
+
+"""Unittests for the update_manpages module."""
+
+import unittest
+import tests.update_manpages as um
+
+
+class UpdateManpagesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+  """Tests the update-manpages code."""
+
+  def test_replace_regex(self):
+    """Check that replace_regex works."""
+    data = '\n\033[1mSummary\033[m\n'
+    self.assertEqual(um.replace_regex(data),'\nSummary\n')
diff --git a/tests/update_manpages.py b/tests/update_manpages.py
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..40bbdea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/update_manpages.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+update-manpages
\ No newline at end of file