diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index d88cb716af7d..6d5f80fa8fe0 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: date.1,v 1.20 1998/01/20 21:34:53 mycroft Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: date.1,v 1.21 1998/01/20 21:47:43 mycroft Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@
 .Nd display or set date and time
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
-.Op Fl r Ar seconds
 .Op Fl nu
+.Op Fl r Ar seconds
 .Op Cm + Ns Ar format
-.Op [[cc]yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[\&.ss]
+.Nm ""
+.Ar [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]hh]mm[\&.ss]
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
 displays the current date and time when invoked without arguments.
diff --git a/bin/date/date.c b/bin/date/date.c
index 645d7a53436e..7496819ec6cd 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.c
+++ b/bin/date/date.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: date.c,v 1.18 1998/01/20 21:16:39 mycroft Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: date.c,v 1.19 1998/01/20 21:47:44 mycroft Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ __COPYRIGHT(
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)date.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: date.c,v 1.18 1998/01/20 21:16:39 mycroft Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: date.c,v 1.19 1998/01/20 21:47:44 mycroft Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 
@@ -239,6 +239,6 @@ usage()
 {
 	(void)fprintf(stderr,
 	    "usage: date [-nu] [-r seconds] [+format]\n");
-	(void)fprintf(stderr, "            [yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]]\n");
+	(void)fprintf(stderr, "       date [[[[[cc]yy]mm]dd]hh]mm[.ss]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }