diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 313ff02ff..bbe9d913c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-glob: "pyproject.toml"
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Build package
-        run: uv build --python 3.14 --python-preference only-managed --sdist --wheel . --out-dir dist
+        run: uv build --python 3.14 --python-preference only-managed . --out-dir dist
       - name: Store the distribution packages
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8f4749226..ad0e3d7ca 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+**********************
+ v4.50.2 (2026-03-19)
+**********************
+
+Bug fixes - 4.50.2
+==================
+
+- Fix the sdist to include the missing ``docs/man/tox.1.rst`` file for building the manpage (:issue:`3889`)
+
 **********************
  v4.50.1 (2026-03-19)
 **********************
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a64c7214a..27928b9f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ build.dev-mode-dirs = [
 build.hooks.custom = {}
 build.hooks.vcs.version-file = "src/tox/version.py"
 build.targets.sdist.include = [
+  "/docs/man",
   "/src",
   "/tests",
   "/tox.toml",