diff --git a/usr.bin/biff/biff.1 b/usr.bin/biff/biff.1
index 20dd3f35af0b..b22956dcddb0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/biff/biff.1
+++ b/usr.bin/biff/biff.1
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)biff.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd March 20, 2010
+.Dd April 28, 2013
 .Dt BIFF 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ The
 utility exits with one of the following values:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It 0
-Notification is enabled.
+Notification was enabled at the time of invocation.
 .It 1
-Notification is disabled.
+Notification was disabled at the time of invocation.
 .It >1
 An error occurred.
 .El