diff --git a/bin/echo/echo.1 b/bin/echo/echo.1
index 1ecffddce7dd..4ffe5e044379 100644
--- a/bin/echo/echo.1
+++ b/bin/echo/echo.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: echo.1,v 1.19 2020/02/26 07:14:47 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: echo.1,v 1.20 2024/05/14 01:32:24 gutteridge Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	@(#)echo.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93
 .\"
-.Dd February 26, 2020
+.Dd May 14, 2024
 .Dt ECHO 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ provide a built-in
 .Nm
 command which tends to differ from this utility in the treatment of options
 and backslashes.
+Where portability is paramount, use
+.Xr printf 1 .
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std echo
 .Sh SEE ALSO