diff --git a/share/doc/usd/20.meref/ref.me b/share/doc/usd/20.meref/ref.me
index a6f5a537176e..4dc273e0017f 100644
--- a/share/doc/usd/20.meref/ref.me
+++ b/share/doc/usd/20.meref/ref.me
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: ref.me,v 1.9 2015/12/05 08:11:42 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: ref.me,v 1.10 2015/12/23 10:43:35 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1990,14 +1990,14 @@ Other forms of the date can be used
 by using
 .NR (dy
 (the day of the month;
-for example, \n(dy),
+for example, 22,
 .ST (mo
 (as noted above)
 or
 .NR (mo
 (the same,
 but as an ordinal number;
-for example, \*(mo is \n(mo),
+for example, December is 12,
 and
 .NR (yr
 (the last two digits of the current year).