diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/getdate.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/getdate.xml
index e9eac5670e..46a7c5fc81 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/getdate.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/getdate.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.5 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/datetime.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.getdate">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
      <table>
       <title>The following characters are recognized in the 
       <parameter>format</parameter> parameter string</title>
-      <tgroup cols="">
+      <tgroup cols="3">
        <thead>
         <row>
          <entry>Key</entry>