diff --git a/usr.bin/seq/seq.1 b/usr.bin/seq/seq.1
index 12dd1841982d..176b17c3f5a9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/seq/seq.1
+++ b/usr.bin/seq/seq.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd September 10, 2013
+.Dd August 12, 2016
 .Dt SEQ 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ the default conversion is changed to
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
-command first appeared in
-.Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs" .
+command first appeared in Version\~8
+.At .
 A
 .Nm
 command appeared in
 .Nx 3.0 ,
-and ported to
+and was ported to
 .Fx 9.0 .
 This command was based on the command of the same name in
 .Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs"
@@ -180,9 +180,4 @@ option does not handle the transition from pure floating point
 to exponent representation very well.
 The
 .Nm
-command is not bug for bug compatible with the
-.Tn "Plan 9 from Bell Labs"
-or
-.Tn GNU
-versions of
-.Nm .
+command is not bug for bug compatible with other implementations.