diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index 582b8bc6cd09..0c92a8c71f90 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)date.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 27, 2023
+.Dd April 13, 2023
 .Dt DATE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ will display
 .Pp
 Finally the command:
 .Pp
-.Dl "date -j -f ""%a %b %d %T %Z %Y"" ""`env LC_ALL=C date`"" ""+%s"""
+.Dl "env LC_ALL=C date -j -f ""%a %b %d %T %Z %Y"" ""`env LC_ALL=C date`"" ""+%s"""
 .Pp
 can be used to parse the output from
 .Nm