diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1/date.1 b/usr/src/man/man1/date.1
index 23eaafa8b8a5..68e764ab8a02 100644
--- a/usr/src/man/man1/date.1
+++ b/usr/src/man/man1/date.1
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ must be quoted; see the EXAMPLES section.
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fImm\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%m\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Month number
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Month number
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fIdd\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%d\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Day number in the month
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Day number in the month
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fIHH\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%H\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Hour number (24 hour system)
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ Hour number (24 hour system)
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fIMM\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%M\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Minute number
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Minute number
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fISS\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%S\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Second number
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Second number
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fIcc\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%C\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Century (a year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer) as a decimal number
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ the year 2007.
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fIyy\fR \fR
+\fB\fI%y\fR \fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Last two digits of the year number. If century (\fIcc\fR) is not specified,