diff --git a/src/version.c.in b/src/version.c.in
index 3d7632b2f3..15b5bd6d90 100644
--- a/src/version.c.in
+++ b/src/version.c.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const char * SyKernelVersion = "@GAP_VERSION@";
 **
 *V  SyReleaseDay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . release date of this GAP version
 **
-**  'SyReleaseDay' is the date of the release, e.g. "19-Jun-2019"; for
+**  'SyReleaseDay' is the date of the release, e.g. "2019-Jun-19"; for
 **  development versions, this is set to "today".
 */
 const char * SyReleaseDay = "@GAP_RELEASEDAY@";
diff --git a/src/version.h.in b/src/version.h.in
index 4c73687b7a..ced22cc7b7 100644
--- a/src/version.h.in
+++ b/src/version.h.in
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ extern const char * SyKernelVersion;
 **
 *V  SyReleaseDay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . release date of this GAP version
 **
-**  'SyReleaseDay' is the date of the release, e.g. "19-Jun-2019"; for
+**  'SyReleaseDay' is the date of the release, e.g. "2019-Jun-19"; for
 **  development versions, this is set to "today".
 */
 extern const char * SyReleaseDay;