diff --git a/man5/protocols.5 b/man5/protocols.5
index 98a16363d..1d2ebcec9 100644
--- a/man5/protocols.5
+++ b/man5/protocols.5
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" 2002-09-22  Seth W. Klein  <sk@sethwklein.net>
 .\"     * protocol numbers are now assigned by the IANA
 .\"
-.TH PROTOCOLS 5 2002-09-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PROTOCOLS 5 2008-09-23 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 protocols \- the protocols definition file
 .SH DESCRIPTION