diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c83eab8eb..95524e198 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1308: Strip HTML tags from the content of "raw" nodes before feeding it
   to the search indexer.
 
+* #1249: Fix duplicate LaTeX page numbering for manual documents.
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 
diff --git a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
index 26df488ef..a6b9b3928 100644
--- a/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
+++ b/sphinx/texinputs/sphinxmanual.cls
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 %
 \let\py@OldTableofcontents=\tableofcontents
 \renewcommand{\tableofcontents}{%
+  \pagenumbering{roman}%
   \setcounter{page}{1}%
   \pagebreak%
   \pagestyle{plain}%
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
   \pagenumbering{arabic}%
   \@ifundefined{fancyhf}{}{\pagestyle{normal}}%
 }
-\pagenumbering{roman}
+\pagenumbering{alph}
 
 % This is needed to get the width of the section # area wide enough in the
 % library reference.  Doing it here keeps it the same for all the manuals.