diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index fec6df1b..dddbac57 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 .\" along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH TAR 1 "March 28, 2019" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "July 13, 2020" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
 .SH NAME
 tar \- an archiving utility
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ See also \fB\-\-verbatim\-files\-from\fR.
 .TP
 \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-newer\fR=\fIDATE\fR, \fB\-\-after\-date\fR=\fIDATE\fR
 Only store files newer than DATE.  If \fIDATE\fR starts with \fB/\fR
-or \fB.\fR it is taken to be a file name; the ctime of that file is
+or \fB.\fR it is taken to be a file name; the mtime of that file is
 used as the date.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-one\-file\-system\fR