diff --git a/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
index 6749e0b79f91..771d72c56989 100644
--- a/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
+++ b/usr.bin/tail/tail.1
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 .\"	@(#)tail.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd April 10, 2018
+.Dd March 22, 2020
 .Dt TAIL 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Keep
 .Pa /var/log/messages
 open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages
+.Dl $ tail -F /var/log/messages
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cat 1 ,
 .Xr head 1 ,