diff --git a/lib/libc/time/getdate.3 b/lib/libc/time/getdate.3
index a49e829d8903..4c25ec8a95c2 100644
--- a/lib/libc/time/getdate.3
+++ b/lib/libc/time/getdate.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: getdate.3,v 1.5 2012/12/14 22:57:00 uwe Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: getdate.3,v 1.6 2012/12/14 23:00:21 uwe Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2011, 2012, The NetBSD Foundation.
 .\" All Rights Reserved.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ defined in the template.
 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Li Friday 12:00:00" ".Sy Line in Template"
 .It Sy "Input String" Ta Sy "Line in Template"
 .It Li 11/27/86 Ta Li \&%m/\&%d/\&%y
-.It Li 27.11.86 Ta Li \&%d.\&%m/\&%y
+.It Li 27.11.86 Ta Li \&%d.\&%m.\&%y
 .It Li 86-11-27 Ta Li \&%y-\&%m-\&%d
 .It Li "Friday 12:00:00" Ta Li "\&%A \&%H:\&%M:\&%S"
 .El