diff --git a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
index e685369e5b5c..58dff699cecb 100644
--- a/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
+++ b/bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 23, 2002
+.Dd September 7, 2005
 .Dt UUIDGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility by default generates a single universally unique identifier (UUID),
+utility by default generates a single DCE version 1
+universally unique identifier (UUID),
 also known as a globally unique identifier (GUID).
 The UUID is written to stdout by default.
 The following options can be used to change the behaviour of
diff --git a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1 b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
index e685369e5b5c..58dff699cecb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
+++ b/usr.bin/uuidgen/uuidgen.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 23, 2002
+.Dd September 7, 2005
 .Dt UUIDGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility by default generates a single universally unique identifier (UUID),
+utility by default generates a single DCE version 1
+universally unique identifier (UUID),
 also known as a globally unique identifier (GUID).
 The UUID is written to stdout by default.
 The following options can be used to change the behaviour of