Yes, yes you are because man pages are _terrible_ to read especially if you don't know what to even look for. I can see them being useful if you are already familiar with the product and just want to double check what a feature does; but as a newbie? Showing me the man pages would make me want to bail.

"How can I marge this branch to master?"

"Just check the man pages."

"But what am I looking fo-"

"Man pages."