diff --git a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8 b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
index 35446fb7c5fb..064805710375 100644
--- a/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
+++ b/sbin/dmesg/dmesg.8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)dmesg.8	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd May 9, 2013
+.Dd October 3, 2016
 .Dt DMESG 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ at startup time
 The
 .Nm
 utility appeared in
-.Bx 4.0 .
+.Bx 3 .