diff --git a/date.1 b/date.1
index e267d26..fe0f56d 100644
--- a/date.1
+++ b/date.1
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ To set the date, use a command line argument with one of the following forms:
 8903081454	Year, month, month day, hours, minutes
 0308145489	Month, month day, hours, minutes, year
 	(on System V-compatible systems)
-198903081454	Four-digit year, month, month day, hours minutes
+030814541989	Month, month day, hours, minutes, four-digit year
 .if t .in -.5i
 .if n .in -2
 .fi