diff --git a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/DocManifest.pm b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/DocManifest.pm
index 7f6484e88..e085bb87b 100644
--- a/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/DocManifest.pm
+++ b/doc/lib/BackRestDoc/Common/DocManifest.pm
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ sub variableListParse
 
                 if ($oVariable->paramTest('eval', 'y'))
                 {
-                    $strValue = eval $strValue;
+                    # In this case we really do want to evaluate the contents of strValue and not treat it as a literal.
+                    $strValue = eval($strValue);                    ## no critic (BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval)
 
                     if ($@)
                     {
diff --git a/test/lint/perlcritic.policy b/test/lint/perlcritic.policy
index af3879c1c..c6620d363 100644
--- a/test/lint/perlcritic.policy
+++ b/test/lint/perlcritic.policy
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ severity = 5
 # Provisional Exceptions for Test & Documentation Code
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# S5 - Required to make eval in DocManifest.pm work.  Would prefer a line exception for this but can't get it working yet.
-[-BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval]
-
 # S2 - Requires complete POD sections but these are being removed anyway in favor of Config.pm.
 [-Documentation::RequirePodSections]
 [-Documentation::RequirePodAtEnd]