Apologies to the list in general and to Ingo especially...
I re-ran upgrade and this fixed my issue.
proof follows:
$ functions
$ alias man
man alias not found
$ echo $MANPATH
$ cat /etc/man.conf
# $OpenBSD: man.conf,v 1.22 2015/01/20 19:17:28 schwarze Exp $
# Sheer, raging paranoia...
_version BSD.2
# The whatis/apropos database.
_whatdb /usr/share/man/whatis.db
_whatdb /usr/X11R6/man/whatis.db
_whatdb /usr/local/man/whatis.db
# Subdirectories for paths ending in '/', IN SEARCH ORDER.
_subdir {cat,man}1 {cat,man}8 {cat,man}6 {cat,man}2 {cat,man}3
{cat,man}5 {cat,man}7 {cat,man}4 {cat,man}9 {cat,man}3p {cat,man}3f
{cat,man}n
# Files typed by suffix and their commands.
# Note the order: .Z must come after .[1-9n].Z, or it will match first.
_suffix .0
_build .0.Z /usr/bin/zcat %s
_build .0.gz /usr/bin/gzcat %s
_build .[1-9n] /usr/bin/mandoc %s
_build .[1-9n].Z /usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
_build .[1-9n].gz /usr/bin/gzcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
_build .[1-9][a-z] /usr/bin/mandoc %s
_build .[1-9][a-z].Z /usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
_build .[1-9][a-z].gz /usr/bin/gzcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
_build .tbl /usr/bin/mandoc %s
_build .tbl.Z /usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
_build .tbl.gz /usr/bin/gzcat %s | /usr/bin/mandoc
# Sections and their directories.
# All paths ending in '/' are the equivalent of entries specifying that
# directory with all of the subdirectories listed for the keyword _subdir.
# default
_default /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/
# Other sections that represent complete man subdirectories.
X11 /usr/X11R6/man/
X11R6 /usr/X11R6/man/
local /usr/local/man/
# Specific section/directory combinations.
1 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}1
2 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}2
3 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}3
3F /usr/local/man/{cat,man}3f
3f /usr/local/man/{cat,man}3f
3P /usr/{share,local}/man/{cat,man}3p
3p /usr/{share,local}/man/{cat,man}3p
4 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}4
5 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}5
6 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}6
7 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}7
8 /usr/{share,X11R6,local}/man/{cat,man}8
9 /usr/share/man/{cat,man}9
n /usr/local/man/{cat,man}n
# added from external programs or possible conflicting ports
eopenssl /usr/local/lib/eopenssl/man
$ ls -al /usr/share/man/man1/pk*
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 7476 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg-config.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 20564 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg_add.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 21211 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg_create.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 5198 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg_delete.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 6694 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg_info.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 2982 Jul 26 13:42
/usr/share/man/man1/pkg_mklocatedb.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 4424 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkg_sign.1
-r--r--r-- 1 root bin 6287 Jul 26 13:42 /usr/share/man/man1/pkill.1
$ ls -al /usr/share/man/*.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 978944 Jul 26 13:44 /usr/share/man/mandoc.db
$
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