diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5 b/doc/man/taskrc.5
index d9e38bd94..f8acc54f9 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ a D b Y (V)  would do an output as "Fri 24 Jul 2009 (30)"
 .br
 A, B D, Y    would do an output as "Friday, July 24, 2009"
 .br
-vV a Y-M-D   would do an output as "v30 Fri 2009-07.24"
+vV a Y-M-D   would do an output as "v30 Fri 2009-07-24"
 .RE
 .RE