diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
index 6bb3cad42c..0ad881774c 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.9 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.10 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/datetime.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.date">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@
         </row>
         <row>
          <entry><literal>z</literal></entry>
-         <entry>The day of the year</entry>
-         <entry><literal>0</literal> through <literal>366</literal></entry>
+         <entry>The day of the year (starting from 0)</entry>
+         <entry><literal>0</literal> through <literal>365</literal></entry>
         </row>
         <row>
          <entry><literal>Z</literal></entry>