diff --git a/bin/hostname/hostname.1 b/bin/hostname/hostname.1
index 65b4d0513551..5cf4534b610e 100644
--- a/bin/hostname/hostname.1
+++ b/bin/hostname/hostname.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)hostname.1	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 18, 2005
+.Dd December 5, 2006
 .Dt HOSTNAME 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The
 utility prints the name of the current host.
 The super-user can
 set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
-network initialization script
+initialization script
 .Pa /etc/rc.d/hostname ,
 normally run at boot
 time.