diff --git a/man5/group.5 b/man5/group.5
index 727494da9..6467948df 100644
--- a/man5/group.5
+++ b/man5/group.5
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
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 .\"
 .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 17:06:03 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
-.TH GROUP 5 2009-02-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GROUP 5 2009-10-17 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 group \- user group file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ group \- user group file
 There is one entry per line, with the following format:
 .sp
 .RS
-group_name:passwd:GID:user_list
+group_name:password:GID:user_list
 .RE
 .sp
 The field descriptions are: