diff --git a/sphinx/writers/manpage.py b/sphinx/writers/manpage.py
index 458464ffd..0856ee5ee 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/manpage.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/manpage.py
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@ class ManualPageTranslator(SphinxTranslator, BaseTranslator):
         if isinstance(node.parent, nodes.container) and node.parent.get('literal_block'):
             self.body.append('.sp\n')
         else:
-            BaseTranslator.visit_caption(self, node)
+            super().visit_caption(node)
 
     def depart_caption(self, node):
         # type: (nodes.Element) -> None
         if isinstance(node.parent, nodes.container) and node.parent.get('literal_block'):
             self.body.append('\n')
         else:
-            BaseTranslator.depart_caption(self, node)
+            super().depart_caption(node)
 
     # overwritten: handle section titles better than in 0.6 release
     def visit_title(self, node):