diff --git a/docs/man/nginx.8 b/docs/man/nginx.8
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@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ with global directives for PID and quantity of worker processes.
 .Sh HISTORY
 Development of
 .Nm
-started in 2002, with the first public release in 2004.
+started in 2002, with the first public release on October 4, 2004.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 .An Igor Sysoev Aq igor@sysoev.ru
 .Pp