diff --git a/bin/ls/ls.1 b/bin/ls/ls.1
index d34d9e8b7fa..e4491212390 100644
--- a/bin/ls/ls.1
+++ b/bin/ls/ls.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.79 2016/10/24 13:46:58 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ls.1,v 1.80 2026/01/18 14:05:29 schwarze Exp $
 .\"	$NetBSD: ls.1,v 1.14 1995/12/05 02:44:01 jtc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)ls.1	8.7 (Berkeley) 7/29/94
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 18 2026 $
 .Dt LS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ owner (though not for
 .Fl g ) ,
 group,
 size in bytes,
-time of last modification
-.Pq Dq mmm dd HH:MM ,
+date and time or date and year of last modification,
 and the pathname.
 In addition, for each directory whose contents are displayed, the first
 line displayed is the total number of blocks used by the files in the