diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 045ec6eb62d8e..1e4c4e6ca4a84 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ end)
 
 # #19288
 eval(Base.Dates, quote
-    function recur{T<:TimeType}(fun::Function, dr::StepRange{T};negate::Bool=false, limit::Int=10000)
+    function recur{T<:TimeType}(fun::Function, dr::StepRange{T}; negate::Bool=false, limit::Int=10000)
         depwarn("Dates.recur is deprecated, use filter instead.",:recur)
         if negate
             filter(x -> !f(x), dr)